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Gene

TIMELESS

timeless circadian regulator

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q13.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 56,416,363–56,449,426 (GRCh38)
Exons
29 exons across 33.1 kb
Protein
1,208 amino acids
Also known as
hTIM, TIM, TIM1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000553532.6NM_003920.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How TIMELESS is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where TIMELESS sits. TIMELESS and 41 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 55,932,895 to 56,932,894.Chromosome 1212q13.3p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3356 Mb56.2 Mb56.4 Mb56.6 Mb56.8 MbDGKA: 55,927,319–55,954,027, forward strandDGKAPMEL: 55,954,104–55,973,317, reverse strandPMELCDK2: 55,966,781–55,972,789, forward strandCDK2RAB5B: 55,973,859–55,996,683, forward strandRAB5BSUOX: 55,996,855–56,006,641, forward strandSUOXIKZF4: 56,007,392–56,038,435, forward strandIKZF4RPS26: 56,041,351–56,044,697, forward strandRPS26ERBB3: 56,076,799–56,103,505, forward strand: 56,101,331–56,109,289, forward strandPA2G4: 56,104,349–56,116,329, forward strandRPL41: 56,116,585–56,117,967, forward strandZC3H10: 56,118,243–56,127,514, forward strandESYT1: 56,118,250–56,150,107, forward strandESYT1MYL6B: 56,151,966–56,159,647, forward strandMYL6BMYL6: 56,158,322–56,166,572, forward strandMYL6SMARCC2: 56,162,359–56,189,587, reverse strandSMARCC2RNF41: 56,202,179–56,224,275, reverse strandNABP2: 56,221,978–56,229,860, forward strandNABP2SLC39A5: 56,230,039–56,238,214, forward strandSLC39A5ANKRD52: 56,237,807–56,258,665, reverse strandANKRD52COQ10A: 56,266,846–56,271,736, forward strandCOQ10ACS: 56,271,699–56,300,395, reverse strandCS: 56,285,916–56,316,059, reverse strandCNPY2: 56,308,024–56,316,363, reverse strandCNPY2PAN2: 56,316,223–56,334,053, reverse strandPAN2IL23A: 56,334,174–56,340,410, forward strandIL23ASTAT2: 56,338,356–56,360,283, reverse strandSTAT2APOF: 56,360,565–56,362,862, reverse strandAPOFTIMELESS: 56,416,363–56,449,426, reverse strandTIMELESSMIP: 56,449,502–56,469,166, reverse strandMIP: 56,449,700–56,488,170, reverse strandSPRYD4: 56,468,537–56,479,708, forward strandSPRYD4GLS2: 56,470,945–56,488,414, reverse strandRBMS2: 56,521,807–56,617,037, forward strandRBMS2BAZ2A: 56,595,596–56,636,914, reverse strandBAZ2AATP5F1B: 56,637,490–56,646,079, reverse strandATP5F1BPTGES3: 56,651,663–56,688,408, reverse strandPTGES3NACA: 56,712,305–56,731,628, reverse strandNACA: 56,714,612–56,741,535, reverse strandPRIM1: 56,730,438–56,752,384, reverse strandPRIM1HSD17B6: 56,751,817–56,788,409, forward strandHSD17B6SDR9C7: 56,923,133–56,934,408, reverse strandSDR9C7Diagram of TIMELESS: 29 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 29: 56,416,363–56,417,786, 1,424 basesExon 28: 56,417,907–56,418,008, 102 basesExon 27: 56,418,134–56,418,359, 226 basesExon 26: 56,420,569–56,420,687, 119 basesExon 25: 56,420,813–56,420,881, 69 basesExon 24: 56,420,963–56,421,134, 172 basesExon 23: 56,421,351–56,421,493, 143 basesExon 22: 56,421,727–56,421,809, 83 basesExon 21: 56,421,899–56,422,016, 118 basesExon 20: 56,422,106–56,422,191, 86 basesExon 19: 56,422,847–56,422,992, 146 basesExon 18: 56,423,274–56,423,475, 202 basesExon 17: 56,423,584–56,423,707, 124 basesExon 16: 56,423,797–56,423,894, 98 basesExon 15: 56,424,762–56,424,913, 152 basesExon 14: 56,425,015–56,425,152, 138 basesExon 13: 56,428,236–56,428,405, 170 basesExon 12: 56,428,549–56,428,652, 104 basesExon 11: 56,428,883–56,429,100, 218 basesExon 10: 56,430,105–56,430,281, 177 basesExon 9: 56,430,881–56,430,968, 88 basesExon 8: 56,431,471–56,431,604, 134 basesExon 7: 56,432,369–56,432,524, 156 basesExon 6: 56,433,026–56,433,127, 102 basesExon 5: 56,433,381–56,433,443, 63 basesExon 4: 56,433,538–56,433,652, 115 basesExon 3: 56,433,773–56,433,926, 154 basesExon 2: 56,434,074–56,434,231, 158 basesExon 1: 56,449,310–56,449,426, 117 bases2925201510515′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 5.2 kb of the gene's 33.1 kb; 3,627 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). TIMELESS gene: timeless circadian regulator. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/timeless

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TIMELESS gene: timeless circadian regulator [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/timeless

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