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Gene

PYY

peptide YY

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q21.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 43,952,733–43,953,940 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 1.2 kb
Protein
97 amino acids
Also known as
PYY1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000692052.1NM_001394028.1
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 PYY is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where PYY sits. PYY and 27 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 43,453,337 to 44,453,336.Chromosome 1717q21.31p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.343.6 Mb43.8 Mb44 Mb44.2 Mb44.4 MbDHX8: 43,483,865–43,610,338, forward strandDHX8ETV4: 43,527,841–43,579,620, reverse strandETV4MEOX1: 43,640,072–43,661,929, reverse strandMEOX1SOST: 43,753,738–43,758,791, reverse strandSOSTDUSP3: 43,763,629–43,779,000, reverse strandDUSP3CFAP97D1: 43,780,426–43,787,620, forward strandCFAP97D1MPP3: 43,800,795–43,833,203, reverse strandMPP3CD300LG: 43,847,114–43,863,639, forward strandCD300LGMPP2: 43,875,352–43,909,711, reverse strandMPP2PPY: 43,940,804–43,952,444, reverse strandPPYPYY: 43,952,733–43,953,940, reverse strandPYYNAGS: 44,004,581–44,011,213, forward strandNAGSTMEM101: 44,008,986–44,023,946, reverse strandTMEM101LSM12: 44,033,931–44,067,619, reverse strandLSM12G6PC3: 44,070,620–44,094,678, forward strandG6PC3HDAC5: 44,076,746–44,123,702, reverse strandHDAC5HROB: 44,141,903–44,162,481, forward strandHROBASB16: 44,170,447–44,179,373, forward strandASB16TMUB2: 44,186,955–44,191,931, forward strandTMUB2ATXN7L3: 44,191,804–44,200,961, reverse strandATXN7L3UBTF: 44,205,033–44,221,626, reverse strandUBTFSLC4A1: 44,248,390–44,268,162, reverse strandSLC4A1RUNDC3A: 44,307,945–44,318,675, forward strandRUNDC3ASLC25A39: 44,316,821–44,326,639, reverse strandSLC25A39GRN: 44,345,108–44,353,106, forward strandGRNFAM171A2: 44,353,215–44,363,875, reverse strandFAM171A2ITGA2B: 44,372,177–44,389,649, reverse strandITGA2BGPATCH8: 44,395,281–44,503,639, reverse strandGPATCH8Diagram of PYY: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 17Exon 4: 43,952,733–43,952,980, 248 basesExon 3: 43,953,109–43,953,189, 81 basesExon 2: 43,953,296–43,953,483, 188 basesExon 1: 43,953,850–43,953,940, 91 bases43215′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 0.6 kb of the gene's 1.2 kb; 294 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.). PYY gene: peptide YY. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pyy

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PYY gene: peptide YY [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pyy

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