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Gene

NEK6

NIMA related kinase 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
9q33.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 9: 124,257,949–124,353,307 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 95.4 kb
Protein
313 amino acids
Also known as
SID6-1512
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000320246.10NM_014397.6
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How NEK6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 9, with a bracket where NEK6 sits. NEK6 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 9, from 123,805,628 to 124,805,627.Chromosome 99q33.3p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q13q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34.11q34.12q34.13q34.2q34.3124 Mb124.2 Mb124.4 Mb124.6 Mb124.8 MbDENND1A: 123,379,648–123,930,154, reverse strandDENND1ALHX2: 124,001,670–124,033,301, forward strandLHX2NEK6: 124,257,949–124,353,307, forward strandNEK6PSMB7: 124,352,999–124,415,476, reverse strandPSMB7ADGRD2: 124,450,444–124,478,589, forward strandADGRD2NR5A1: 124,481,231–124,507,456, reverse strandNR5A1NR6A1: 124,517,275–124,771,349, reverse strandNR6A1OLFML2A: 124,777,099–124,815,709, forward strandOLFML2ADiagram of NEK6: 10 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 9Exon 1: 124,257,949–124,258,085, 137 basesExon 2: 124,301,936–124,302,054, 119 basesExon 3: 124,312,509–124,312,649, 141 basesExon 4: 124,313,923–124,313,985, 63 basesExon 5: 124,321,459–124,321,569, 111 basesExon 6: 124,326,330–124,326,438, 109 basesExon 7: 124,327,338–124,327,445, 108 basesExon 8: 124,339,571–124,339,665, 95 basesExon 9: 124,347,709–124,347,822, 114 basesExon 10: 124,350,837–124,353,307, 2,471 bases12468105′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 3.5 kb of the gene's 95.4 kb; 942 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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). NEK6 gene: NIMA related kinase 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nek6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NEK6 gene: NIMA related kinase 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nek6

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