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Gene

NKX2-8

NK2 homeobox 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
14q13.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 14: 36,580,004–36,582,614 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 2.6 kb
Protein
239 amino acids
Also known as
NKX2.8, Nkx2-9
Previous symbols
NKX2H
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000258829.6NM_014360.4
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 NKX2-8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How NKX2-8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 14, with a bracket where NKX2-8 sits. NKX2-8 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 14, from 36,081,309 to 37,081,308.Chromosome 1414q13.3p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.11q32.12q32.13q32.2q32.31q32.32q32.3336.2 Mb36.4 Mb36.6 Mb36.8 Mb37 MbMBIP: 36,298,231–36,320,680, reverse strandMBIPSFTA3: 36,473,207–36,521,149, reverse strandSFTA3NKX2-1: 36,516,392–36,521,149, reverse strandNKX2-1NKX2-8: 36,580,004–36,582,614, reverse strandNKX2-8PAX9: 36,657,568–36,679,362, forward strandPAX9SLC25A21: 36,677,921–37,172,743, reverse strandSLC25A21Diagram of NKX2-8: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 14Exon 2: 36,580,004–36,581,464, 1,461 basesExon 1: 36,582,233–36,582,614, 382 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 1.8 kb of the gene's 2.6 kb; 720 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.). NKX2-8 gene: NK2 homeobox 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nkx2-8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NKX2-8 gene: NK2 homeobox 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nkx2-8

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