Gene
SIRT2
sirtuin 2
- HGNC 10886↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000068903↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 22933↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 19q13.2
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 19: 38,878,560–38,899,618 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 16 exons across 21.1 kb
- Protein
- 389 amino acids
- Previous symbols
- SIR2L
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000249396.12NM_012237.4
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
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How SIRT2 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 1.9 kb of the gene's 21.1 kb; 1,170 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). SIRT2 gene: sirtuin 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/sirt2
Dante Labs. SIRT2 gene: sirtuin 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/sirt2
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