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Gene

TERF2

telomeric repeat binding factor 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16q22.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 69,355,567–69,386,007 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 30.4 kb
Protein
542 amino acids
Also known as
TRF2
Previous symbols
TRBF2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000254942.8NM_005652.5
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 TERF2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How TERF2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where TERF2 sits. TERF2 and 20 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 68,870,787 to 69,870,786.Chromosome 1616q22.1p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.369 Mb69.2 Mb69.4 Mb69.6 Mb69.8 MbTANGO6: 68,843,517–69,086,516, forward strandTANGO6HAS3: 69,105,641–69,121,460, forward strandHAS3DERPC: 69,117,665–69,132,588, reverse strandDERPCCHTF8: 69,118,009–69,132,849, reverse strandCHTF8UTP4: 69,131,291–69,231,130, forward strandUTP4SNTB2: 69,187,140–69,309,052, forward strandSNTB2: 69,299,682–69,322,700, forward strandVPS4A: 69,311,299–69,326,939, forward strandCOG8: 69,320,140–69,339,920, reverse strandPDF: 69,321,991–69,330,613, reverse strand: 69,328,644–69,334,871, reverse strand: 69,335,091–69,356,306, reverse strand: 69,335,276–69,351,730, reverse strandNIP7: 69,337,996–69,343,107, forward strandTMED6: 69,343,018–69,351,811, reverse strandTMED6TERF2: 69,355,567–69,386,007, reverse strandTERF2CYB5B: 69,398,402–69,480,778, forward strandCYB5BNFAT5: 69,565,094–69,704,666, forward strandNFAT5NQO1: 69,691,310–69,726,668, reverse strandNQO1NOB1: 69,741,871–69,754,943, reverse strandNOB1WWP2: 69,762,281–69,944,553, forward strandWWP2Diagram of TERF2: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 16Exon 10: 69,355,567–69,357,056, 1,490 basesExon 9: 69,357,518–69,357,561, 44 basesExon 8: 69,361,404–69,361,489, 86 basesExon 7: 69,366,807–69,367,199, 393 basesExon 6: 69,368,376–69,368,482, 107 basesExon 5: 69,370,483–69,370,629, 147 basesExon 4: 69,372,269–69,372,355, 87 basesExon 3: 69,384,580–69,384,710, 131 basesExon 2: 69,385,391–69,385,486, 96 basesExon 1: 69,385,593–69,386,007, 415 bases10515′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 kb of the gene's 30.4 kb; 1,629 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.). TERF2 gene: telomeric repeat binding factor 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/terf2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TERF2 gene: telomeric repeat binding factor 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/terf2

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