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Gene

NPAS2

neuronal PAS domain protein 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2q11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 100,820,139–100,996,829 (GRCh38)
Exons
21 exons across 176.7 kb
Protein
824 amino acids
Also known as
MOP4, PASD4, bHLHe9
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000335681.10NM_002518.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How NPAS2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where NPAS2 sits. NPAS2 and 9 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 100,408,484 to 101,408,483.Chromosome 22q11.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.3100.6 Mb100.8 Mb101 Mb101.2 Mb101.4 MbCHST10: 100,391,859–100,417,826, reverse strandCHST10NMS: 100,470,482–100,483,280, forward strandNMSPDCL3: 100,562,802–100,577,483, forward strandPDCL3NPAS2: 100,820,139–100,996,829, forward strandNPAS2RPL31: 100,997,746–101,024,037, forward strandRPL31TBC1D8: 101,005,602–101,252,866, reverse strandTBC1D8CNOT11: 101,252,806–101,270,316, forward strandCNOT11RNF149: 101,271,215–101,308,770, reverse strandRNF149CREG2: 101,345,550–101,387,697, reverse strandCREG2RFX8: 101,397,359–101,475,112, reverse strandRFX8Diagram of NPAS2: 21 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 2Exon 1: 100,820,139–100,820,414, 276 basesExon 2: 100,904,733–100,904,786, 54 basesExon 3: 100,925,146–100,925,294, 149 basesExon 4: 100,932,910–100,933,001, 92 basesExon 5: 100,937,753–100,937,842, 90 basesExon 6: 100,948,235–100,948,355, 121 basesExon 7: 100,949,367–100,949,480, 114 basesExon 8: 100,964,058–100,964,176, 119 basesExon 9: 100,964,861–100,964,943, 83 basesExon 10: 100,965,660–100,965,766, 107 basesExon 11: 100,968,281–100,968,428, 148 basesExon 12: 100,970,990–100,971,074, 85 basesExon 13: 100,974,803–100,974,944, 142 basesExon 14: 100,975,458–100,975,567, 110 basesExon 15: 100,977,710–100,977,799, 90 basesExon 16: 100,982,231–100,982,377, 147 basesExon 17: 100,988,079–100,988,276, 198 basesExon 18: 100,990,256–100,990,446, 191 basesExon 19: 100,990,780–100,990,872, 93 basesExon 20: 100,993,347–100,993,527, 181 basesExon 21: 100,995,400–100,996,829, 1,430 bases1215′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 4 kb of the gene's 176.7 kb; 2,475 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.). NPAS2 gene: neuronal PAS domain protein 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/npas2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NPAS2 gene: neuronal PAS domain protein 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/npas2

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