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Gene

NKX6-3

NK6 homeobox 3

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8p11.21
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 41,645,177–41,650,817 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 5.6 kb
Protein
265 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ25169
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000518699.4NM_001364841.2
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 NKX6-3 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How NKX6-3 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where NKX6-3 sits. NKX6-3 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 41,147,997 to 42,147,996.Chromosome 88p11.21p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.341.2 Mb41.4 Mb41.6 Mb41.8 Mb42 MbSFRP1: 41,261,956–41,309,511, reverse strandSFRP1GOLGA7: 41,488,200–41,511,095, forward strandGOLGA7GINS4: 41,529,211–41,549,905, forward strandGINS4GPAT4: 41,577,187–41,625,001, forward strandGPAT4NKX6-3: 41,645,177–41,650,817, reverse strandNKX6-3ANK1: 41,653,220–41,896,812, reverse strandANK1KAT6A: 41,929,479–42,051,998, reverse strandKAT6ADiagram of NKX6-3: 3 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 3: 41,645,177–41,646,694, 1,518 basesExon 2: 41,648,066–41,648,235, 170 basesExon 1: 41,650,111–41,650,817, 707 bases3215′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 2.4 kb of the gene's 5.6 kb; 798 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.). NKX6-3 gene: NK6 homeobox 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nkx6-3

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NKX6-3 gene: NK6 homeobox 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nkx6-3

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