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Gene

MUC15

mucin 15, cell surface associated

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11p14.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 26,559,032–26,572,263 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 13.2 kb
Protein
361 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000529533.6NM_001135091.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MUC15 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MUC15 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where MUC15 sits. MUC15 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 26,065,648 to 27,065,647.Chromosome 1111p14.2p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2526.2 Mb26.4 Mb26.6 Mb26.8 Mb27 MbANO3: 26,188,787–26,663,359, forward strandANO3MUC15: 26,559,032–26,572,263, reverse strandMUC15SLC5A12: 26,667,020–26,723,427, reverse strandSLC5A12FIBIN: 26,994,112–26,997,087, forward strandFIBINBBOX1: 27,040,698–27,186,650, forward strandBBOX1Diagram of MUC15: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 11Exon 5: 26,559,032–26,561,225, 2,194 basesExon 4: 26,563,116–26,563,265, 150 basesExon 3: 26,565,165–26,565,896, 732 basesExon 2: 26,567,052–26,567,139, 88 basesExon 1: 26,572,041–26,572,263, 223 bases543215′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 3.4 kb of the gene's 13.2 kb; 1,086 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.). MUC15 gene: mucin 15, cell surface associated. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/muc15

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MUC15 gene: mucin 15, cell surface associated [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/muc15

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