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Gene

PRIM2

DNA primase subunit 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 57,317,630–57,646,850 (GRCh38)
Exons
14 exons across 329.2 kb
Protein
509 amino acids
Previous symbols
PRIM2A
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000615550.5NM_000947.5
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How PRIM2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where PRIM2 sits. PRIM2 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 56,982,240 to 57,982,239.Chromosome 66p11.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2757 Mb57.2 Mb57.4 Mb57.6 Mb57.8 MbBEND6: 56,954,805–57,027,980, forward strandBEND6KIAA1586: 57,046,525–57,086,397, forward strandKIAA1586ZNF451: 57,086,844–57,170,305, forward strandZNF451BAG2: 57,172,272–57,189,833, forward strandBAG2RAB23: 57,186,103–57,222,848, reverse strandRAB23PRIM2: 57,317,630–57,646,850, forward strandPRIM2Diagram of PRIM2: 14 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 57,317,630–57,317,701, 72 basesExon 2: 57,318,437–57,318,599, 163 basesExon 3: 57,320,457–57,320,560, 104 basesExon 4: 57,324,201–57,324,280, 80 basesExon 5: 57,325,925–57,326,045, 121 basesExon 6: 57,379,901–57,379,996, 96 basesExon 7: 57,382,031–57,382,168, 138 basesExon 8: 57,507,387–57,507,454, 68 basesExon 9: 57,532,411–57,532,483, 73 basesExon 10: 57,537,440–57,537,625, 186 basesExon 11: 57,601,093–57,601,219, 127 basesExon 12: 57,606,375–57,606,457, 83 basesExon 13: 57,632,133–57,632,201, 69 basesExon 14: 57,645,928–57,646,850, 923 bases1510145′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 2.3 kb of the gene's 329.2 kb; 1,530 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.). PRIM2 gene: DNA primase subunit 2. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/prim2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PRIM2 gene: DNA primase subunit 2 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/prim2

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