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Gene

RBP5

retinol binding protein 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12p13.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 7,123,686–7,128,889 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 5.2 kb
Protein
135 amino acids
Also known as
CRBPIII, CRBP3, CRBP-III
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000266560.8NM_031491.4
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads RBP5 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How RBP5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where RBP5 sits. RBP5 and 35 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 6,626,288 to 7,626,287.Chromosome 1212p13.31p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.336.8 Mb7 Mb7.2 Mb7.4 Mb7.6 MbLPAR5: 6,618,835–6,636,444, reverse strandLPAR5ACRBP: 6,638,075–6,647,441, reverse strandACRBPING4: 6,650,282–6,663,180, reverse strandING4ZNF384: 6,665,037–6,689,572, reverse strandZNF384PIANP: 6,693,791–6,700,859, reverse strandPIANPCOPS7A: 6,724,014–6,732,462, forward strandCOPS7AMLF2: 6,747,986–6,768,932, reverse strandMLF2PTMS: 6,765,516–6,770,952, forward strandPTMSLAG3: 6,772,360–6,778,455, forward strandLAG3CD4: 6,786,858–6,820,807, forward strandCD4GPR162: 6,821,624–6,829,972, forward strandP3H3: 6,828,220–6,839,867, forward strandGNB3: 6,839,954–6,847,393, forward strandCDCA3: 6,844,723–6,852,353, reverse strandUSP5: 6,852,098–6,866,632, forward strandUSP5TPI1: 6,867,119–6,878,513, forward strandTPI1SPSB2: 6,870,934–6,889,358, reverse strandSPSB2LRRC23: 6,873,455–6,914,243, forward strandLRRC23ENO2: 6,913,745–6,923,970, forward strandENO2ATN1: 6,924,454–6,942,322, forward strandATN1C12orf57: 6,942,919–6,946,009, forward strandRNU7-1: 6,943,816–6,943,878, forward strandPTPN6: 6,946,417–6,961,316, forward strandPHB2: 6,965,327–6,970,841, reverse strandEMG1: 6,970,765–6,979,939, forward strandEMG1: 6,970,921–6,997,428, forward strandLPCAT3: 6,972,027–7,018,779, reverse strandLPCAT3C1S: 6,988,259–7,071,281, forward strandC1SC1R: 7,080,213–7,092,873, reverse strandC1RC1RL: 7,089,587–7,109,245, reverse strandC1RLRBP5: 7,123,686–7,128,889, reverse strandRBP5CLSTN3: 7,128,077–7,158,945, forward strandCLSTN3PEX5: 7,188,653–7,218,574, forward strandPEX5ACSM4: 7,304,072–7,328,719, forward strandACSM4CD163L1: 7,346,685–7,479,897, reverse strandCD163L1CD163: 7,469,417–7,503,911, reverse strandCD163Diagram of RBP5: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 4: 7,123,686–7,124,174, 489 basesExon 3: 7,124,629–7,124,730, 102 basesExon 2: 7,128,240–7,128,418, 179 basesExon 1: 7,128,703–7,128,889, 187 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 1 kb of the gene's 5.2 kb; 408 of those bases code for the protein.

Sequencing RBP5

0Low

How hard RBP5 is to sequence with short reads, out of 100

  • Mappability0%
  • Homology0%
  • Repeats0%
  • GC content0%
  • Reference coverage0%

External links

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.
  • The Genome in a Bottle genome stratifications, from NIST: the sequencing difficulty score.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). RBP5 gene: retinol binding protein 5. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/rbp5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. RBP5 gene: retinol binding protein 5 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/rbp5

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