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Gene

NKX2-3

NK2 homeobox 3

Summary

Cytogenetic location
10q24.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 10: 99,532,942–99,536,524 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 3.6 kb
Protein
364 amino acids
Also known as
NKX2.3, CSX3, NKX4-3
Previous symbols
NKX2C
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000344586.9NM_145285.3
Locus type
gene with protein product

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 NKX2-3 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How NKX2-3 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 10, with a bracket where NKX2-3 sits. NKX2-3 and 10 genes near it on chromosome 10, from 99,034,733 to 100,034,732.Chromosome 1010q24.2p15.3p15.2p15.1p14p13p12.33p12.32p12.31p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.31q23.32q23.33q24.1q24.2q24.31q24.32q24.33q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.11q26.12q26.13q26.2q26.399.2 Mb99.4 Mb99.6 Mb99.8 Mb100 MbHPSE2: 98,457,077–99,235,878, reverse strandHPSE2CNNM1: 99,329,030–99,394,330, forward strandCNNM1GOT1: 99,396,869–99,431,465, reverse strandGOT1NKX2-3: 99,532,942–99,536,524, forward strandNKX2-3SLC25A28: 99,610,509–99,622,793, reverse strandSLC25A28: 99,651,595–99,732,112, reverse strandENTPD7: 99,659,415–99,712,489, forward strandENTPD7COX15: 99,694,554–99,732,858, reverse strandCOX15CUTC: 99,702,558–99,758,005, forward strandCUTCABCC2: 99,782,640–99,853,670, forward strandABCC2DNMBP: 99,875,576–100,010,049, reverse strandDNMBPDiagram of NKX2-3: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 10Exon 1: 99,532,942–99,533,489, 548 basesExon 2: 99,534,985–99,536,524, 1,540 bases125′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 2.1 kb of the gene's 3.6 kb; 1,095 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.). NKX2-3 gene: NK2 homeobox 3. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nkx2-3

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NKX2-3 gene: NK2 homeobox 3 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nkx2-3

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