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Gene

MRTFB

myocardin related transcription factor B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16p13.12
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 14,071,319–14,266,773 (GRCh38)
Exons
17 exons across 195.5 kb
Protein
1,099 amino acids
Also known as
MRTF-B, FLJ31823
Previous symbols
MKL2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000571589.6NM_001308142.2
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How MRTFB is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where MRTFB sits. MRTFB and 3 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 13,669,046 to 14,669,045.Chromosome 1616p13.12p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.313.8 Mb14 Mb14.2 Mb14.4 Mb14.6 MbERCC4: 13,920,138–13,952,348, forward strandERCC4MRTFB: 14,071,319–14,266,773, forward strandMRTFBPARN: 14,435,699–14,632,728, reverse strandPARNBFAR: 14,632,813–14,669,252, forward strandBFARDiagram of MRTFB: 17 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 14,071,319–14,071,365, 47 basesExon 2: 14,079,290–14,079,354, 65 basesExon 3: 14,140,544–14,140,760, 217 basesExon 4: 14,210,243–14,210,308, 66 basesExon 5: 14,212,354–14,212,409, 56 basesExon 6: 14,213,545–14,213,620, 76 basesExon 7: 14,217,126–14,217,287, 162 basesExon 8: 14,218,820–14,218,998, 179 basesExon 9: 14,234,146–14,234,283, 138 basesExon 10: 14,240,237–14,240,484, 248 basesExon 11: 14,245,528–14,245,660, 133 basesExon 12: 14,246,473–14,247,507, 1,035 basesExon 13: 14,248,926–14,249,081, 156 basesExon 14: 14,251,862–14,252,023, 162 basesExon 15: 14,252,365–14,252,502, 138 basesExon 16: 14,258,101–14,258,161, 61 basesExon 17: 14,260,909–14,266,773, 5,865 bases1246810121416175′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 8.8 kb of the gene's 195.5 kb; 3,300 of those bases code for the protein.

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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). MRTFB gene: myocardin related transcription factor B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrtfb

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MRTFB gene: myocardin related transcription factor B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrtfb

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