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Gene

PRG2

proteoglycan 2, pro eosinophil major basic protein

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11q12.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 57,386,780–57,390,650 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 3.9 kb
Protein
222 amino acids
Also known as
MBP, BMPG, proMBP
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000311862.10NM_002728.6
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 PRG2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where PRG2 sits. PRG2 and 26 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 56,888,715 to 57,888,714.Chromosome 1111q12.1p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2557 Mb57.2 Mb57.4 Mb57.6 Mb57.8 MbOR5AK3P: 56,971,050–56,971,979, forward strandOR5AK3POR5AK2: 56,988,914–56,989,843, forward strandOR5AK2LRRC55: 57,181,747–57,191,717, forward strandLRRC55APLNR: 57,233,577–57,237,250, reverse strandAPLNRCNOT12: 57,299,588–57,325,682, reverse strandCNOT12SSRP1: 57,325,982–57,335,952, reverse strandSSRP1P2RX3: 57,338,346–57,374,566, forward strandP2RX3PRG3: 57,376,769–57,381,150, reverse strandPRG3PRG2: 57,386,780–57,390,650, reverse strandPRG2: 57,387,365–57,424,059, reverse strandSLC43A3: 57,406,954–57,457,505, reverse strandSLC43A3RTN4RL2: 57,460,484–57,477,534, forward strandRTN4RL2SLC43A1: 57,484,064–57,515,780, reverse strandSLC43A1TIMM10: 57,524,761–57,531,031, reverse strandTIMM10SMTNL1: 57,537,575–57,550,618, forward strandSMTNL1UBE2L6: 57,551,656–57,568,284, reverse strandUBE2L6SERPING1: 57,597,387–57,619,246, forward strandSERPING1CLP1: 57,638,605–57,662,755, forward strandCLP1YPEL4: 57,645,087–57,649,944, reverse strandYPEL4ZDHHC5: 57,667,433–57,702,260, forward strandZDHHC5MED19: 57,703,710–57,712,348, reverse strandMED19TMX2: 57,712,365–57,742,987, forward strandTMX2: 57,712,582–57,818,431, forward strandSELENOH: 57,741,491–57,743,554, forward strandSELENOH: 57,741,779–57,804,771, forward strandBTBD18: 57,743,514–57,753,148, reverse strandBTBD18CTNND1: 57,753,243–57,819,546, forward strandDiagram of PRG2: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 11Exon 6: 57,386,780–57,387,533, 754 basesExon 5: 57,387,754–57,387,865, 112 basesExon 4: 57,388,577–57,388,708, 132 basesExon 3: 57,389,010–57,389,317, 308 basesExon 2: 57,389,887–57,389,956, 70 basesExon 1: 57,390,596–57,390,650, 55 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 1.4 kb of the gene's 3.9 kb; 669 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.). PRG2 gene: proteoglycan 2, pro eosinophil major basic protein. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/prg2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PRG2 gene: proteoglycan 2, pro eosinophil major basic protein [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/prg2

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