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Gene

TAFA2

TAFA chemokine like family member 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q14.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 61,708,273–62,192,773 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 484.5 kb
Protein
131 amino acids
Also known as
TAFA-2
Previous symbols
FAM19A2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000416284.8NM_178539.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads TAFA2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How TAFA2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where TAFA2 sits. TAFA2 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 61,223,772 to 62,677,274.Chromosome 1212q14.1p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3361.4 Mb61.6 Mb61.8 Mb62 Mb62.2 Mb62.4 Mb62.6 MbTAFA2: 61,708,273–62,192,773, reverse strandTAFA2USP15: 62,260,074–62,417,431, forward strandUSP15MON2: 62,466,799–62,600,476, forward strandMON2PPM1H: 62,564,639–62,935,163, reverse strandPPM1HDiagram of TAFA2: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 5: 61,708,273–61,710,417, 2,145 basesExon 4: 61,753,622–61,753,746, 125 basesExon 3: 61,754,872–61,755,024, 153 basesExon 2: 61,867,320–61,867,426, 107 basesExon 1: 62,191,259–62,192,773, 1,515 bases54215′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 4 kb of the gene's 484.5 kb; 396 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.). TAFA2 gene: TAFA chemokine like family member 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tafa2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TAFA2 gene: TAFA chemokine like family member 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tafa2

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