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Gene

TEKT2

tektin 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p34.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 36,084,094–36,088,275 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 4.2 kb
Protein
430 amino acids
Also known as
TEKTB1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000207457.8NM_014466.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How TEKT2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where TEKT2 sits. TEKT2 and 19 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 35,586,185 to 36,586,184.Chromosome 11p34.3p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q4435.6 Mb35.8 Mb36 Mb36.2 Mb36.4 MbTFAP2E: 35,573,309–35,595,590, forward strandTFAP2EPSMB2: 35,599,541–35,641,568, reverse strandPSMB2C1orf216: 35,713,875–35,718,894, reverse strandC1orf216CLSPN: 35,720,202–35,770,002, reverse strandCLSPNAGO4: 35,807,976–35,857,890, forward strandAGO4AGO1: 35,869,808–35,930,532, forward strandAGO1AGO3: 35,930,696–36,072,500, forward strandAGO3TEKT2: 36,084,094–36,088,275, forward strandTEKT2ADPRS: 36,088,873–36,095,461, forward strandADPRSCOL8A2: 36,095,239–36,125,234, reverse strandCOL8A2TRAPPC3: 36,136,570–36,156,053, reverse strandTRAPPC3MAP7D1: 36,155,541–36,180,849, forward strandMAP7D1THRAP3: 36,224,392–36,305,376, forward strandTHRAP3MNMIP1: 36,306,314–36,329,340, forward strandMNMIP1EVA1B: 36,322,030–36,324,154, reverse strandEVA1BSTK40: 36,339,620–36,385,932, reverse strandSTK40LSM10: 36,388,814–36,397,945, reverse strandLSM10OSCP1: 36,415,273–36,450,491, reverse strandOSCP1MRPS15: 36,455,718–36,464,418, reverse strandMRPS15CSF3R: 36,465,669–36,483,322, reverse strandCSF3RDiagram of TEKT2: 10 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 1Exon 1: 36,084,094–36,084,149, 56 basesExon 2: 36,084,870–36,085,077, 208 basesExon 3: 36,085,163–36,085,288, 126 basesExon 4: 36,085,836–36,086,041, 206 basesExon 5: 36,086,704–36,086,847, 144 basesExon 6: 36,086,931–36,087,045, 115 basesExon 7: 36,087,204–36,087,311, 108 basesExon 8: 36,087,439–36,087,582, 144 basesExon 9: 36,087,728–36,087,807, 80 basesExon 10: 36,087,973–36,088,275, 303 bases123456789105′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 1.5 kb of the gene's 4.2 kb; 1,293 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.). TEKT2 gene: tektin 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tekt2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TEKT2 gene: tektin 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tekt2

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