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Gene

MX2

MX dynamin like GTPase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
21q22.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 21: 41,362,027–41,409,393 (GRCh38)
Exons
14 exons across 47.4 kb
Protein
715 amino acids
Also known as
MXB
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000330714.8NM_002463.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MX2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MX2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 21, with a bracket where MX2 sits. MX2 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 21, from 40,885,710 to 41,885,709.Chromosome 2121q22.3p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.11q22.12q22.13q22.2q22.341 Mb41.2 Mb41.4 Mb41.6 Mb41.8 MbBACE2: 41,167,775–41,282,530, forward strandBACE2FAM3B: 41,304,212–41,358,091, forward strandFAM3BMX2: 41,362,027–41,409,393, forward strandMX2MX1: 41,420,020–41,470,071, forward strandMX1TMPRSS2: 41,464,296–41,531,116, reverse strandTMPRSS2RIPK4: 41,739,369–41,767,109, reverse strandRIPK4PRDM15: 41,798,225–41,879,482, reverse strandPRDM15C2CD2: 41,885,111–41,954,022, reverse strandC2CD2Diagram of MX2: 14 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 21Exon 1: 41,362,027–41,362,055, 29 basesExon 2: 41,376,836–41,377,155, 320 basesExon 3: 41,377,789–41,377,981, 193 basesExon 4: 41,380,017–41,380,151, 135 basesExon 5: 41,382,410–41,382,564, 155 basesExon 6: 41,390,565–41,390,703, 139 basesExon 7: 41,395,587–41,395,785, 199 basesExon 8: 41,397,613–41,397,691, 79 basesExon 9: 41,398,897–41,399,019, 123 basesExon 10: 41,399,196–41,399,337, 142 basesExon 11: 41,401,970–41,402,128, 159 basesExon 12: 41,403,267–41,403,343, 77 basesExon 13: 41,406,744–41,406,998, 255 basesExon 14: 41,407,991–41,409,393, 1,403 bases124681012145′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 47.4 kb; 2,148 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.). MX2 gene: MX dynamin like GTPase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mx2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MX2 gene: MX dynamin like GTPase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mx2

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