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Gene

MEP1B

meprin A subunit beta

Summary

Cytogenetic location
18q12.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 18: 32,190,039–32,220,404 (GRCh38)
Exons
15 exons across 30.4 kb
Protein
701 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000269202.11NM_005925.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How MEP1B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 18, with a bracket where MEP1B sits. MEP1B and 6 genes near it on chromosome 18, from 31,705,222 to 32,705,221.Chromosome 1818q12.1p11.32p11.31p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q2331.8 Mb32 Mb32.2 Mb32.4 Mb32.6 MbSLC25A52: 31,759,584–31,760,880, reverse strandSLC25A52TRAPPC8: 31,829,187–31,953,136, reverse strandTRAPPC8RNF125: 32,018,174–32,090,798, forward strandRNF125RNF138: 32,091,850–32,132,124, forward strandRNF138GAREM1: 32,124,875–32,470,882, reverse strandGAREM1MEP1B: 32,190,039–32,220,404, forward strandMEP1BKLHL14: 32,672,599–32,773,023, reverse strandKLHL14Diagram of MEP1B: 15 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 18Exon 1: 32,190,039–32,190,133, 95 basesExon 2: 32,191,822–32,191,840, 19 basesExon 3: 32,192,646–32,192,690, 45 basesExon 4: 32,192,774–32,192,817, 44 basesExon 5: 32,195,407–32,195,485, 79 basesExon 6: 32,202,893–32,203,010, 118 basesExon 7: 32,204,182–32,204,360, 179 basesExon 8: 32,207,252–32,207,470, 219 basesExon 9: 32,208,119–32,208,271, 153 basesExon 10: 32,210,501–32,210,716, 216 basesExon 11: 32,213,116–32,213,559, 444 basesExon 12: 32,215,082–32,215,261, 180 basesExon 13: 32,216,991–32,217,117, 127 basesExon 14: 32,217,761–32,217,965, 205 basesExon 15: 32,220,231–32,220,404, 174 bases12468101214155′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 2.3 kb of the gene's 30.4 kb; 2,106 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). MEP1B gene: meprin A subunit beta. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mep1b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MEP1B gene: meprin A subunit beta [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mep1b

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