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Gene

PDCD2

programmed cell death 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q27
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 170,575,295–170,584,637 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 9.3 kb
Protein
344 amino acids
Also known as
ZMYND7, RP8
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000541970.6NM_002598.4
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads PDCD2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PDCD2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where PDCD2 sits. PDCD2 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 170,079,966 to 171,079,965.Chromosome 66q27p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q27170.2 Mb170.4 Mb170.6 Mb170.8 Mb171 MbDLL1: 170,282,202–170,306,565, reverse strandDLL1FAM120B: 170,290,703–170,407,090, forward strandFAM120BPSMB1: 170,428,569–170,553,327, reverse strandPSMB1TBP: 170,554,266–170,577,194, forward strandTBPPDCD2: 170,575,295–170,584,637, reverse strandPDCD2Diagram of PDCD2: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 6: 170,575,295–170,577,717, 2,423 basesExon 5: 170,578,857–170,578,970, 114 basesExon 4: 170,580,002–170,580,105, 104 basesExon 3: 170,583,057–170,583,188, 132 basesExon 2: 170,583,505–170,583,747, 243 basesExon 1: 170,584,299–170,584,637, 339 bases6543215′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 3.4 kb of the gene's 9.3 kb; 1,035 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.). PDCD2 gene: programmed cell death 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pdcd2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PDCD2 gene: programmed cell death 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pdcd2

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