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Gene

SMC2

structural maintenance of chromosomes 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
9q31.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 9: 104,094,309–104,141,419 (GRCh38)
Exons
25 exons across 47.1 kb
Protein
1,197 amino acids
Also known as
hCAP-E, CAP-E
Previous symbols
SMC2L1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000374793.8NM_006444.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads SMC2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How SMC2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 9, with a bracket where SMC2 sits. SMC2 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 9, from 103,617,864 to 104,617,863.Chromosome 99q31.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q13q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34.11q34.12q34.13q34.2q34.3103.8 Mb104 Mb104.2 Mb104.4 Mb104.6 MbSMC2: 104,094,309–104,141,419, forward strandSMC2OR13F1: 104,504,263–104,505,222, forward strandOR13F1OR13C4: 104,526,253–104,527,209, reverse strandOR13C4OR13C3: 104,535,749–104,536,856, reverse strandOR13C3OR13C8: 104,569,168–104,570,130, forward strandOR13C8OR13C5: 104,598,457–104,599,413, reverse strandOR13C5OR13C2: 104,604,671–104,605,627, reverse strandOR13C2OR13C9: 104,617,248–104,618,204, reverse strandOR13C9Diagram of SMC2: 25 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 9Exon 1: 104,094,309–104,094,477, 169 basesExon 2: 104,095,324–104,095,552, 229 basesExon 3: 104,096,148–104,096,297, 150 basesExon 4: 104,098,446–104,098,568, 123 basesExon 5: 104,099,644–104,099,682, 39 basesExon 6: 104,100,093–104,100,203, 111 basesExon 7: 104,100,389–104,100,433, 45 basesExon 8: 104,101,960–104,102,193, 234 basesExon 9: 104,102,424–104,102,573, 150 basesExon 10: 104,111,581–104,111,814, 234 basesExon 11: 104,113,316–104,113,475, 160 basesExon 12: 104,113,964–104,114,081, 118 basesExon 13: 104,114,691–104,114,829, 139 basesExon 14: 104,116,200–104,116,319, 120 basesExon 15: 104,118,171–104,118,375, 205 basesExon 16: 104,120,027–104,120,162, 136 basesExon 17: 104,123,108–104,123,232, 125 basesExon 18: 104,124,912–104,125,105, 194 basesExon 19: 104,126,641–104,126,784, 144 basesExon 20: 104,127,286–104,127,480, 195 basesExon 21: 104,129,645–104,129,845, 201 basesExon 22: 104,132,009–104,132,125, 117 basesExon 23: 104,134,415–104,134,575, 161 basesExon 24: 104,138,018–104,138,165, 148 basesExon 25: 104,139,139–104,141,419, 2,281 bases124681012141618202224255′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 5.9 kb of the gene's 47.1 kb; 3,594 of those bases code for the protein.

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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). SMC2 gene: structural maintenance of chromosomes 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/smc2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SMC2 gene: structural maintenance of chromosomes 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/smc2

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