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Gene

PRRX2

paired related homeobox 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
9q34.11
Coordinates
Chromosome 9: 129,665,647–129,722,674 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 57 kb
Protein
253 amino acids
Also known as
PRX2, PMX2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000372469.6NM_016307.4
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 PRRX2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 9, with a bracket where PRRX2 sits. PRRX2 and 12 genes near it on chromosome 9, from 129,194,161 to 130,194,160.Chromosome 99q34.11p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q13q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34.11q34.12q34.13q34.2q34.3129.2 Mb129.4 Mb129.6 Mb129.8 Mb130 Mb: 129,139,413–129,260,575, forward strandNTMT1: 129,587,810–129,636,744, forward strandNTMT1C9orf50: 129,612,225–129,621,101, reverse strandC9orf50ASB6: 129,634,601–129,642,363, reverse strandASB6PRRX2: 129,665,647–129,722,674, forward strandPRRX2PTGES: 129,738,331–129,753,078, reverse strandPTGESTOR1B: 129,803,131–129,813,640, forward strandTOR1BTOR1A: 129,812,942–129,824,247, reverse strandTOR1AC9orf78: 129,827,194–129,835,863, reverse strandC9orf78USP20: 129,834,698–129,881,842, forward strandUSP20FNBP1: 129,887,179–130,043,243, reverse strandFNBP1GPR107: 130,053,426–130,140,169, forward strandGPR107NCS1: 130,172,315–130,237,737, forward strandNCS1Diagram of PRRX2: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 9Exon 1: 129,665,647–129,666,126, 480 basesExon 2: 129,719,231–129,719,418, 188 basesExon 3: 129,720,596–129,720,774, 179 basesExon 4: 129,722,217–129,722,674, 458 bases12345′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 1.3 kb of the gene's 57 kb; 762 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.). PRRX2 gene: paired related homeobox 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/prrx2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PRRX2 gene: paired related homeobox 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/prrx2

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