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Gene

SLC39A6

solute carrier family 39 member 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
18q12.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 18: 36,108,531–36,129,340 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 20.8 kb
Protein
755 amino acids
Also known as
LIV-1, ZIP6
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000269187.10NM_012319.4
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 SLC39A6 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How SLC39A6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 18, with a bracket where SLC39A6 sits. SLC39A6 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 18, from 35,618,936 to 36,618,935.Chromosome 1818q12.2p11.32p11.31p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q2335.8 Mb36 Mb36.2 Mb36.4 Mb36.6 MbGALNT1: 35,580,892–35,713,370, forward strandGALNT1RMP24: 35,972,600–36,010,346, forward strandRMP24RPRD1A: 35,982,919–36,067,651, reverse strandRPRD1ASLC39A6: 36,108,531–36,129,340, reverse strandSLC39A6ELP2: 36,129,444–36,180,557, forward strandELP2MOCOS: 36,186,894–36,272,157, forward strandMOCOSFHOD3: 36,297,244–36,780,220, forward strandFHOD3Diagram of SLC39A6: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 18Exon 10: 36,108,531–36,109,745, 1,215 basesExon 9: 36,111,059–36,111,249, 191 basesExon 8: 36,112,501–36,112,581, 81 basesExon 7: 36,114,097–36,114,474, 378 basesExon 6: 36,116,674–36,116,779, 106 basesExon 5: 36,122,052–36,122,270, 219 basesExon 4: 36,123,495–36,123,664, 170 basesExon 3: 36,124,520–36,124,700, 181 basesExon 2: 36,126,219–36,127,016, 798 basesExon 1: 36,129,114–36,129,340, 227 bases109876543215′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 3.6 kb of the gene's 20.8 kb; 2,268 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.). SLC39A6 gene: solute carrier family 39 member 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc39a6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SLC39A6 gene: solute carrier family 39 member 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc39a6

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