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Gene

RBP2

retinol binding protein 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3q23
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 139,452,884–139,476,516 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 23.6 kb
Protein
134 amino acids
Also known as
CRBP2, RBPC2, CRBPII, CRABP-II
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000232217.6NM_004164.3
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How RBP2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where RBP2 sits. RBP2 and 8 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 138,964,700 to 139,964,699.Chromosome 33q23p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q29139 Mb139.2 Mb139.4 Mb139.6 Mb139.8 MbPRR23A: 139,003,962–139,006,268, reverse strandPRR23AMRPS22: 139,005,806–139,360,497, forward strandMRPS22PRR23B: 139,019,031–139,020,926, reverse strandPRR23BPRR23C: 139,042,102–139,044,892, reverse strandPRR23CCOPB2: 139,353,942–139,389,736, reverse strandCOPB2RBP2: 139,452,884–139,476,516, reverse strandRBP2RBP1: 139,517,434–139,540,396, reverse strandRBP1NMNAT3: 139,558,696–139,678,017, reverse strandNMNAT3CLSTN2: 139,935,185–140,577,397, forward strandCLSTN2Diagram of RBP2: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 3Exon 4: 139,452,884–139,453,166, 283 basesExon 3: 139,454,729–139,454,830, 102 basesExon 2: 139,462,112–139,462,290, 179 basesExon 1: 139,476,387–139,476,516, 130 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 0.7 kb of the gene's 23.6 kb; 405 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.). RBP2 gene: retinol binding protein 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/rbp2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. RBP2 gene: retinol binding protein 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/rbp2

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