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Gene

NKX1-2

NK1 homeobox 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
10q26.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 10: 124,445,243–124,450,035 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 4.8 kb
Protein
310 amino acids
Also known as
bB238F13.2
Previous symbols
C10orf121
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000451024.5NM_001146340.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads NKX1-2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How NKX1-2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 10, with a bracket where NKX1-2 sits. NKX1-2 and 8 genes near it on chromosome 10, from 123,947,639 to 124,947,638.Chromosome 1010q26.13p15.3p15.2p15.1p14p13p12.33p12.32p12.31p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.31q23.32q23.33q24.1q24.2q24.31q24.32q24.33q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.11q26.12q26.13q26.2q26.3124 Mb124.2 Mb124.4 Mb124.6 Mb124.8 MbCHST15: 124,006,115–124,093,698, reverse strandCHST15OAT: 124,397,298–124,419,760, reverse strandOATNKX1-2: 124,445,243–124,450,035, reverse strandNKX1-2LHPP: 124,461,789–124,617,888, forward strandLHPP: 124,617,080–124,791,727, reverse strandFAM53B: 124,619,292–124,744,475, reverse strandFAM53BEEF1AKMT2: 124,748,149–124,791,916, reverse strandEEF1AKMT2ABRAXAS2: 124,801,785–124,836,670, forward strandABRAXAS2ZRANB1: 124,942,123–124,988,412, forward strandZRANB1Diagram of NKX1-2: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 10Exon 2: 124,445,243–124,448,147, 2,905 basesExon 1: 124,449,730–124,450,035, 306 bases215′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 3.2 kb of the gene's 4.8 kb; 933 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.). NKX1-2 gene: NK1 homeobox 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nkx1-2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NKX1-2 gene: NK1 homeobox 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nkx1-2

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