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Gene

NKX2-4

NK2 homeobox 4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20p11.22
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 21,395,365–21,397,526 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 2.2 kb
Protein
354 amino acids
Also known as
NKX2.4
Previous symbols
NKX2D
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000351817.5NM_033176.2
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 NKX2-4 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How NKX2-4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where NKX2-4 sits. NKX2-4 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 20,896,446 to 21,896,445.Chromosome 2020p11.22p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3321 Mb21.2 Mb21.4 Mb21.6 Mb21.8 MbKIZ: 21,125,975–21,273,506, forward strandKIZXRN2: 21,303,281–21,390,251, forward strandXRN2NKX2-4: 21,395,365–21,397,526, reverse strandNKX2-4NKX2-2: 21,511,017–21,514,070, reverse strandNKX2-2PAX1: 21,705,659–21,718,481, forward strandPAX1Diagram of NKX2-4: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 20Exon 2: 21,395,365–21,396,533, 1,169 basesExon 1: 21,396,958–21,397,526, 569 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 1.7 kb of the gene's 2.2 kb; 1,065 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.). NKX2-4 gene: NK2 homeobox 4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nkx2-4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NKX2-4 gene: NK2 homeobox 4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nkx2-4

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