Gene
NEFM
neurofilament medium chain
- HGNC 7734(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000104722(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 4741(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 8p21.2
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 8: 24,913,761–24,919,093 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 3 exons across 5.3 kb
- Protein
- 916 amino acids
- Also known as
- NFM, NF-M
- Previous symbols
- NEF3
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000221166.10NM_005382.2
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How NEFM is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 3.3 kb of the gene's 5.3 kb; 2,751 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). NEFM gene: neurofilament medium chain. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nefm
Dante Labs. NEFM gene: neurofilament medium chain [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nefm
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