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Gene

TIMP2

TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q25.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 78,852,977–78,925,387 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 72.4 kb
Protein
220 amino acids
Also known as
CSC-21K
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000262768.11NM_003255.5
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 TIMP2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How TIMP2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where TIMP2 sits. TIMP2 and 10 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 78,389,182 to 79,389,181.Chromosome 1717q25.3p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.378.4 Mb78.6 Mb78.8 Mb79 Mb79.2 MbPGS1: 78,378,637–78,425,114, forward strandPGS1DNAH17: 78,423,697–78,577,396, reverse strandDNAH17CYTH1: 78,674,048–78,782,329, reverse strandCYTH1USP36: 78,787,381–78,841,441, reverse strandUSP36TIMP2: 78,852,977–78,925,387, reverse strandTIMP2CEP295NL: 78,890,579–78,903,217, reverse strandCEP295NLLGALS3BP: 78,970,308–78,979,969, reverse strandLGALS3BPCANT1: 78,991,707–79,009,867, reverse strandCANT1C1QTNF1: 79,022,729–79,049,788, forward strandC1QTNF1ENGASE: 79,074,770–79,091,967, forward strandENGASERBFOX3: 79,089,345–79,611,317, reverse strandRBFOX3Diagram of TIMP2: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 17Exon 5: 78,852,977–78,855,864, 2,888 basesExon 4: 78,857,522–78,857,646, 125 basesExon 3: 78,870,898–78,871,006, 109 basesExon 2: 78,873,819–78,873,919, 101 basesExon 1: 78,924,959–78,925,387, 429 bases543215′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 3.7 kb of the gene's 72.4 kb; 663 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.). TIMP2 gene: TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/timp2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TIMP2 gene: TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/timp2

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