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Gene

POU2AF1

POU class 2 homeobox associating factor 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11q23.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 111,352,255–111,379,275 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 27 kb
Protein
256 amino acids
Also known as
OBF1, BOB1, OCA-B
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000393067.8NM_006235.3
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 POU2AF1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where POU2AF1 sits. POU2AF1 and 9 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 110,865,765 to 111,865,764.Chromosome 1111q23.1p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25111 Mb111.2 Mb111.4 Mb111.6 Mb111.8 MbPOU2AF2: 111,245,725–111,286,401, forward strandPOU2AF2POU2AF3: 111,298,546–111,308,735, forward strandPOU2AF3POU2AF1: 111,352,255–111,379,275, reverse strandPOU2AF1BTG4: 111,467,526–111,514,367, reverse strandBTG4HOATZ: 111,514,763–111,537,043, forward strandHOATZLAYN: 111,540,280–111,565,625, forward strandLAYNSIK2: 111,602,383–111,730,855, forward strandSIK2PPP2R1B: 111,726,908–111,766,713, reverse strandPPP2R1BALG9: 111,782,195–111,872,405, reverse strandALG9: 111,786,286–111,879,425, reverse strandDiagram of POU2AF1: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 11Exon 5: 111,352,255–111,354,575, 2,321 basesExon 4: 111,357,445–111,357,710, 266 basesExon 3: 111,357,795–111,357,837, 43 basesExon 2: 111,358,788–111,358,918, 131 basesExon 1: 111,379,162–111,379,275, 114 bases54215′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 2.9 kb of the gene's 27 kb; 771 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). POU2AF1 gene: POU class 2 homeobox associating factor 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pou2af1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. POU2AF1 gene: POU class 2 homeobox associating factor 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pou2af1

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