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Gene

RTL6

retrotransposon Gag like 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
22q13.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 22: 44,492,583–44,498,233 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 5.7 kb
Protein
239 amino acids
Also known as
dJ1033E15.2, DKFZp761O17121, Mart6, Mar6, SIRH3
Previous symbols
LDOC1L
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000341255.4NM_032287.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads RTL6 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How RTL6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 22, with a bracket where RTL6 sits. RTL6 and 8 genes near it on chromosome 22, from 43,995,408 to 44,995,407.Chromosome 2222q13.31p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3344 Mb44.2 Mb44.4 Mb44.6 Mb44.8 MbSAMM50: 43,955,399–44,010,531, forward strandSAMM50PARVB: 43,999,211–44,172,939, forward strandPARVBPARVG: 44,172,946–44,219,533, forward strandPARVGSHISAL1: 44,243,665–44,332,009, reverse strandSHISAL1RTL6: 44,492,583–44,498,233, reverse strandRTL6PRR5: 44,668,547–44,737,681, forward strandPRR5PRR5-ARHGAP8: 44,702,233–44,862,706, forward strandPRR5-ARHGAP8ARHGAP8: 44,752,547–44,862,801, forward strandARHGAP8PHF21B: 44,881,162–45,010,022, reverse strandPHF21BDiagram of RTL6: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 22Exon 2: 44,492,583–44,497,811, 5,229 basesExon 1: 44,498,044–44,498,233, 190 bases215′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 5.4 kb of the gene's 5.7 kb; 720 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.). RTL6 gene: retrotransposon Gag like 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/rtl6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. RTL6 gene: retrotransposon Gag like 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/rtl6

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