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Gene

MICB

MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p21.33
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 31,498,145–31,511,124 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 13 kb
Protein
383 amino acids
Also known as
PERB11.2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000252229.7NM_005931.5
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MICB yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MICB is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where MICB sits. MICB and 62 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 31,004,635 to 32,004,634.Chromosome 66p21.33p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2731.2 Mb31.4 Mb31.6 Mb31.8 Mb32 MbMUC22: 31,010,474–31,036,882, forward strandMUC22C6orf15: 31,111,223–31,112,582, reverse strandPSORS1C1: 31,114,750–31,140,092, forward strandCDSN: 31,115,087–31,120,446, reverse strandPSORS1C2: 31,137,534–31,139,721, reverse strandPSORS1C2CCHCR1: 31,142,439–31,158,238, reverse strandCCHCR1TCF19: 31,158,331–31,167,252, forward strandTCF19POU5F1: 31,163,193–31,180,731, reverse strandPOU5F1HLA-C: 31,268,746–31,272,171, reverse strandHLA-CHLA-B: 31,353,195–31,367,067, reverse strandHLA-BMICA: 31,399,784–31,415,315, forward strandMICAMICB: 31,498,145–31,511,124, forward strandMICBMCCD1: 31,528,962–31,530,232, forward strandMCCD1DDX39B: 31,530,217–31,542,451, reverse strandDDX39BATP6V1G2-DDX39B: 31,530,219–31,546,608, reverse strandATP6V1G2-DDX39BATP6V1G2: 31,544,444–31,548,427, reverse strandNFKBIL1: 31,546,870–31,558,829, forward strandLTA: 31,572,054–31,574,324, forward strandTNF: 31,575,558–31,578,336, forward strandTNFLTB: 31,580,525–31,582,522, reverse strandLST1: 31,581,065–31,588,911, forward strandNCR3: 31,588,895–31,593,217, reverse strandAIF1: 31,615,214–31,617,025, forward strandAIF1PRRC2A: 31,620,675–31,637,771, forward strand: 31,622,774–31,622,860, forward strand: 31,623,874–31,625,499, forward strandBAG6: 31,638,543–31,652,747, reverse strandAPOM: 31,652,416–31,658,214, forward strandAPOMC6orf47: 31,658,298–31,660,778, reverse strandGPANK1: 31,661,228–31,666,283, reverse strandCSNK2B: 31,665,227–31,670,343, forward strand: 31,666,102–31,673,546, forward strandLY6G5B: 31,669,976–31,673,776, forward strandLY6G5C: 31,676,684–31,684,040, reverse strandABHD16A: 31,686,954–31,703,391, reverse strandLY6G6F: 31,706,863–31,710,801, forward strandLY6G6FLY6G6F-LY6G6D: 31,706,904–31,717,918, forward strandLY6G6D: 31,715,285–31,717,919, forward strandLY6G6DMPIG6B: 31,718,594–31,726,714, forward strandLY6G6C: 31,718,648–31,721,746, reverse strandLY6G6CDDAH2: 31,726,586–31,730,617, reverse strandCLIC1: 31,730,579–31,740,558, reverse strandMSH5: 31,739,677–31,762,678, forward strandMSH5-SAPCD1: 31,740,020–31,764,851, forward strandSAPCD1: 31,762,656–31,764,851, forward strandVWA7: 31,765,590–31,777,328, reverse strandVARS1: 31,777,518–31,795,975, reverse strandVARS1LSM2: 31,797,019–31,806,992, reverse strandLSM2HSPA1L: 31,809,619–31,815,788, reverse strandHSPA1LHSPA1A: 31,815,543–31,817,994, forward strandHSPA1AHSPA1B: 31,827,738–31,830,254, forward strandNEU1: 31,857,063–31,862,905, reverse strandNEU1SLC44A4: 31,863,173–31,879,198, reverse strandSLC44A4EHMT2: 31,879,758–31,897,723, reverse strandEHMT2C2: 31,897,785–31,945,677, forward strandC2ZBTB12: 31,899,065–31,902,103, reverse strandZBTB12: 31,927,698–31,952,048, forward strandCFB: 31,945,650–31,952,086, forward strandCFBNELFE: 31,952,087–31,959,079, reverse strandNELFESKIC2: 31,959,025–31,969,852, forward strandDXO: 31,969,810–31,972,517, reverse strandDXOWHR1: 31,971,091–31,982,821, forward strandC4A: 31,981,991–32,005,247, forward strandC4ADiagram of MICB: 6 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 31,498,145–31,498,263, 119 basesExon 2: 31,505,617–31,505,871, 255 basesExon 3: 31,506,143–31,506,430, 288 basesExon 4: 31,507,022–31,507,300, 279 basesExon 5: 31,507,400–31,507,531, 132 basesExon 6: 31,509,782–31,511,124, 1,343 bases1234565′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 2.4 kb of the gene's 13 kb; 1,152 of those bases code for the protein.

Sequencing MICB

22Moderate

How hard MICB is to sequence with short reads, out of 100

  • Mappability11%
  • Homology56%
  • Repeats7.5%
  • GC content4.9%
  • Reference coverage0%

External links

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.
  • The Genome in a Bottle genome stratifications, from NIST: the sequencing difficulty score.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). MICB gene: MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/micb

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MICB gene: MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/micb

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