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Gene

SLC23A2

solute carrier family 23 member 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20p13
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 4,852,358–5,001,510 (GRCh38)
Exons
17 exons across 149.2 kb
Protein
650 amino acids
Also known as
SVCT2, KIAA0238, YSPL2
Previous symbols
SLC23A1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000338244.6NM_005116.6
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads SLC23A2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How SLC23A2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where SLC23A2 sits. SLC23A2 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 4,426,934 to 5,426,933.Chromosome 2020p13p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.334.6 Mb4.8 Mb5 Mb5.2 Mb5.4 MbPRNP: 4,685,730–4,701,590, forward strandPRNPPRND: 4,721,909–4,728,460, forward strandPRNDRASSF2: 4,780,019–4,823,870, reverse strandRASSF2SLC23A2: 4,852,358–5,001,510, reverse strandSLC23A2TMEM230: 5,068,232–5,113,452, reverse strandTMEM230PCNA: 5,114,953–5,127,630, reverse strandPCNACDS2: 5,126,879–5,197,887, forward strandCDS2PROKR2: 5,298,871–5,316,959, reverse strandPROKR2Diagram of SLC23A2: 17 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 20Exon 17: 4,852,358–4,857,204, 4,847 basesExon 16: 4,859,289–4,859,384, 96 basesExon 15: 4,861,948–4,862,085, 138 basesExon 14: 4,862,778–4,862,907, 130 basesExon 13: 4,867,770–4,867,875, 106 basesExon 12: 4,869,906–4,870,053, 148 basesExon 11: 4,873,936–4,874,092, 157 basesExon 10: 4,874,576–4,874,696, 121 basesExon 9: 4,883,642–4,883,823, 182 basesExon 8: 4,884,753–4,884,823, 71 basesExon 7: 4,885,821–4,885,909, 89 basesExon 6: 4,899,555–4,899,712, 158 basesExon 5: 4,902,442–4,902,558, 117 basesExon 4: 4,912,880–4,912,978, 99 basesExon 3: 4,932,455–4,932,716, 262 basesExon 2: 4,970,793–4,970,919, 127 basesExon 1: 5,001,406–5,001,510, 105 bases1716141210864215′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 7 kb of the gene's 149.2 kb; 1,953 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.). SLC23A2 gene: solute carrier family 23 member 2. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc23a2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SLC23A2 gene: solute carrier family 23 member 2 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc23a2

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