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Gene

PAQR8

progestin and adipoQ receptor family member 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p12.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 52,362,151–52,407,777 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 45.6 kb
Protein
354 amino acids
Also known as
LMPB1, MPRB
Previous symbols
C6orf33
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000442253.3NM_133367.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads PAQR8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PAQR8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where PAQR8 sits. PAQR8 and 10 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 51,884,964 to 52,884,963.Chromosome 66p12.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2752 Mb52.2 Mb52.4 Mb52.6 Mb52.8 MbPKHD1: 51,615,299–52,087,618, reverse strandPKHD1IL17A: 52,186,375–52,190,638, forward strandIL17AIL17F: 52,236,681–52,245,689, reverse strandIL17FMCM3: 52,264,009–52,284,881, reverse strandMCM3EFHC1: 52,362,123–52,529,886, forward strandEFHC1PAQR8: 52,362,151–52,407,777, forward strandPAQR8TRAM2: 52,497,408–52,577,316, reverse strandTRAM2TMEM14A: 52,671,072–52,686,592, forward strandTMEM14AGSTA2: 52,747,975–52,763,525, reverse strandGSTA2GSTA1: 52,791,118–52,804,021, reverse strandGSTA1GSTA5: 52,831,655–52,840,843, reverse strandGSTA5Diagram of PAQR8: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 52,362,151–52,362,249, 99 basesExon 2: 52,403,162–52,407,777, 4,616 bases125′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 4.7 kb of the gene's 45.6 kb; 1,065 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). PAQR8 gene: progestin and adipoQ receptor family member 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/paqr8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PAQR8 gene: progestin and adipoQ receptor family member 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/paqr8

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