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Gene

MUC5B

mucin 5B, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11p15.5
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 1,223,066–1,262,172 (GRCh38)
Exons
49 exons across 39.1 kb
Protein
5,762 amino acids
Also known as
MG1, MUC-5B
Previous symbols
MUC5
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000529681.5NM_002458.3
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How MUC5B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where MUC5B sits. MUC5B and 30 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 742,619 to 1,742,618.Chromosome 1111p15.5p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q250.8 Mb1 Mb1.2 Mb1.4 Mb1.6 MbTALDO1: 747,399–765,035, forward strandTALDO1GATD1: 767,061–777,507, reverse strandGATD1CEND1: 785,900–790,113, reverse strandSLC25A22: 790,474–798,321, reverse strandPANO1: 797,511–799,190, forward strandPIDD1: 798,938–809,753, reverse strandRPLP2: 799,414–812,891, forward strand: 803,398–804,419, reverse strandPNPLA2: 818,907–825,573, forward strandCRACR2B: 826,137–831,993, forward strandCD151: 832,702–839,831, forward strandCD151POLR2L: 837,356–842,727, reverse strandPOLR2LTSPAN4: 840,686–867,120, forward strandTSPAN4CHID1: 866,873–915,579, reverse strandCHID1AP2A2: 924,881–1,012,245, forward strandAP2A2MUC6: 1,012,823–1,036,718, reverse strandMUC6MUC2: 1,074,875–1,110,511, forward strandMUC2MUC5AC: 1,157,953–1,201,138, forward strandMUC5ACMUC5B: 1,223,066–1,262,172, forward strandMUC5BTOLLIP: 1,264,771–1,310,258, reverse strandTOLLIPBRSK2: 1,389,899–1,462,689, forward strandBRSK2MOB2: 1,469,457–1,501,247, reverse strandMOB2DUSP8: 1,554,051–1,573,076, reverse strandDUSP8KRTAP5-1: 1,584,342–1,585,283, reverse strandKRTAP5-1KRTAP5-2: 1,597,177–1,598,294, reverse strandKRTAP5-2KRTAP5-3: 1,607,565–1,608,463, reverse strandKRTAP5-3KRTAP5-4: 1,620,958–1,622,138, reverse strandKRTAP5-5: 1,629,775–1,630,930, forward strandKRTAP5-6: 1,697,195–1,697,755, forward strandKRTAP5-6IFITM10: 1,732,406–1,750,607, reverse strandIFITM10: 1,734,821–1,763,954, reverse strandDiagram of MUC5B: 49 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 11Exon 1: 1,223,066–1,223,193, 128 basesExon 2: 1,225,681–1,225,737, 57 basesExon 3: 1,226,205–1,226,276, 72 basesExon 4: 1,226,615–1,226,876, 262 basesExon 5: 1,227,031–1,227,145, 115 basesExon 6: 1,227,308–1,227,398, 91 basesExon 7: 1,227,675–1,227,781, 107 basesExon 8: 1,228,564–1,228,765, 202 basesExon 9: 1,229,170–1,229,295, 126 basesExon 10: 1,229,690–1,229,807, 118 basesExon 11: 1,230,005–1,230,143, 139 basesExon 12: 1,230,490–1,230,600, 111 basesExon 13: 1,230,936–1,231,005, 70 basesExon 14: 1,231,423–1,231,560, 138 basesExon 15: 1,231,996–1,232,160, 165 basesExon 16: 1,232,450–1,232,544, 95 basesExon 17: 1,232,644–1,232,770, 127 basesExon 18: 1,233,013–1,233,268, 256 basesExon 19: 1,233,793–1,233,848, 56 basesExon 20: 1,234,205–1,234,305, 101 basesExon 21: 1,234,529–1,234,680, 152 basesExon 22: 1,235,085–1,235,223, 139 basesExon 23: 1,235,303–1,235,413, 111 basesExon 24: 1,236,386–1,236,562, 177 basesExon 25: 1,236,925–1,237,164, 240 basesExon 26: 1,238,871–1,239,027, 157 basesExon 27: 1,239,438–1,239,566, 129 basesExon 28: 1,239,799–1,239,943, 145 basesExon 29: 1,240,045–1,240,088, 44 basesExon 30: 1,240,178–1,240,375, 198 basesExon 31: 1,240,851–1,251,743, 10,893 basesExon 32: 1,252,343–1,252,524, 182 basesExon 33: 1,252,809–1,252,980, 172 basesExon 34: 1,254,092–1,254,351, 260 basesExon 35: 1,254,694–1,254,880, 187 basesExon 36: 1,255,041–1,255,266, 226 basesExon 37: 1,255,383–1,255,558, 176 basesExon 38: 1,256,156–1,256,225, 70 basesExon 39: 1,256,671–1,256,771, 101 basesExon 40: 1,257,240–1,257,271, 32 basesExon 41: 1,257,530–1,257,710, 181 basesExon 42: 1,258,099–1,258,203, 105 basesExon 43: 1,258,330–1,258,367, 38 basesExon 44: 1,258,942–1,259,061, 120 basesExon 45: 1,259,756–1,259,842, 87 basesExon 46: 1,259,963–1,260,085, 123 basesExon 47: 1,260,351–1,260,393, 43 basesExon 48: 1,260,626–1,260,728, 103 basesExon 49: 1,261,389–1,262,172, 784 bases151015202530354045495′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 17.9 kb of the gene's 39.1 kb; 17,289 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). MUC5B gene: mucin 5B, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/muc5b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MUC5B gene: mucin 5B, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/muc5b

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