Gene
NKX6-1
NK6 homeobox 1
- HGNC 7839↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000163623↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 4825↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 4q21.23
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 4: 84,491,985–84,499,292 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 3 exons across 7.3 kb
- Protein
- 367 amino acids
- Also known as
- Nkx6.1
- Previous symbols
- NKX6A
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000295886.5NM_006168.3
- Locus type
- Protein-coding
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
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How NKX6-1 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
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 7.3 kb; 1,104 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). NKX6-1 gene: NK6 homeobox 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nkx6-1
Dante Labs. NKX6-1 gene: NK6 homeobox 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nkx6-1
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