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Gene

MYC

MYC proto-oncogene, bHLH transcription factor

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q24.21
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 127,736,231–127,742,951 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 6.7 kb
Protein
454 amino acids
Also known as
c-Myc, bHLHe39, MYCC
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000621592.8NM_002467.6
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How MYC is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where MYC sits. MYC and 1 gene near it on chromosome 8, from 127,239,591 to 128,239,590.Chromosome 88q24.21p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.3127.4 Mb127.6 Mb127.8 Mb128 Mb128.2 MbPOU5F1B: 127,322,183–127,420,066, forward strandPOU5F1BMYC: 127,736,231–127,742,951, forward strandMYCDiagram of MYC: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 8Exon 1: 127,736,231–127,736,623, 393 basesExon 2: 127,738,248–127,739,019, 772 basesExon 3: 127,740,396–127,742,951, 2,556 bases1235′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 3.7 kb of the gene's 6.7 kb; 1,365 of those bases code for the protein.

Traits linked to MYC

The Human Phenotype Ontology lists these as features of the rare conditions MYC can cause. Each trait's page lists the other genes linked to it.

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 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.). MYC gene: MYC proto-oncogene, bHLH transcription factor. Retrieved 18 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/myc

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MYC gene: MYC proto-oncogene, bHLH transcription factor [Internet]. [cited 18 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/myc

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