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Gene

PDCD6

programmed cell death 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5p15.33
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 271,646–314,974 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 43.3 kb
Protein
191 amino acids
Also known as
ALG-2, PEF1B
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000264933.9NM_013232.4
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 PDCD6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where PDCD6 sits. PDCD6 and 12 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 1 to 793,309.Chromosome 55p15.33p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.30.1 Mb0.2 Mb0.3 Mb0.4 Mb0.5 Mb0.6 Mb0.7 MbPLEKHG4B: 92,001–189,972, forward strandPLEKHG4BLRRC14B: 191,451–196,334, forward strandLRRC14BCCDC127: 196,868–218,162, reverse strandCCDC127SDHA: 218,206–257,084, forward strandSDHA: 218,298–314,955, forward strandPDCD6: 271,646–314,974, forward strandPDCD6PDCD6-AHRR: 271,670–438,291, forward strandPDCD6-AHRRAHRR: 320,682–438,307, forward strandAHRREXOC3: 442,522–471,939, forward strandEXOC3SLC9A3: 470,456–524,450, reverse strandSLC9A3CEP72: 612,305–667,703, forward strandCEP72TPPP: 658,850–693,997, reverse strandTPPPZDHHC11B: 710,355–784,729, reverse strandZDHHC11BDiagram of PDCD6: 6 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 5Exon 1: 271,646–271,821, 176 basesExon 2: 272,711–272,772, 62 basesExon 3: 304,177–304,221, 45 basesExon 4: 306,602–306,760, 159 basesExon 5: 311,293–311,402, 110 basesExon 6: 314,417–314,974, 558 bases1234565′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 1.1 kb of the gene's 43.3 kb; 576 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.). PDCD6 gene: programmed cell death 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pdcd6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PDCD6 gene: programmed cell death 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pdcd6

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