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Gene

MYF6

myogenic factor 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q21.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 80,707,634–80,709,474 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 1.8 kb
Protein
242 amino acids
Also known as
MRF4, bHLHc4
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000228641.4NM_002469.3
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 MYF6 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MYF6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where MYF6 sits. MYF6 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 80,208,554 to 81,208,553.Chromosome 1212q21.31p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3380.4 Mb80.6 Mb80.8 Mb81 Mb81.2 MbOTOGL: 80,099,537–80,380,880, forward strandOTOGLPTPRQ: 80,402,178–80,680,273, forward strandPTPRQMYF6: 80,707,634–80,709,474, forward strandMYF6MYF5: 80,716,906–80,719,671, forward strandMYF5LIN7A: 80,792,520–80,937,975, reverse strandLIN7AACSS3: 80,936,414–81,261,210, forward strandACSS3Diagram of MYF6: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 12Exon 1: 80,707,634–80,708,238, 605 basesExon 2: 80,708,524–80,708,614, 91 basesExon 3: 80,708,842–80,709,474, 633 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 1.3 kb of the gene's 1.8 kb; 729 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.). MYF6 gene: myogenic factor 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/myf6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MYF6 gene: myogenic factor 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/myf6

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