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Gene

TMC2

transmembrane channel like 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20p13
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 2,536,573–2,643,580 (GRCh38)
Exons
20 exons across 107 kb
Protein
906 amino acids
Also known as
dJ686C3.3
Previous symbols
C20orf145
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000358864.2NM_080751.3
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 TMC2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where TMC2 sits. TMC2 and 21 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 2,090,077 to 3,090,076.Chromosome 2020p13p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.332.2 Mb2.4 Mb2.6 Mb2.8 Mb3 MbSTK35: 2,101,767–2,177,038, forward strandSTK35: 2,207,328–2,341,059, forward strandTGM3: 2,295,994–2,341,177, forward strandTGM3TGM6: 2,380,901–2,432,753, forward strandTGM6SNRPB: 2,461,634–2,470,884, reverse strandSNRPB: 2,467,212–2,508,907, reverse strandZNF343: 2,471,467–2,525,028, reverse strandZNF343TMC2: 2,536,573–2,643,580, forward strandTMC2NOP56: 2,652,460–2,658,396, forward strandNOP56IDH3B: 2,658,393–2,664,219, reverse strandIDH3BEBF4: 2,692,724–2,760,228, forward strandEBF4CPXM1: 2,794,069–2,800,835, reverse strandCPXM1: 2,814,968–2,818,066, forward strandC20orf141: 2,814,987–2,815,833, forward strandC20orf141TMEM239: 2,816,302–2,820,284, forward strandTMEM239PCED1A: 2,835,070–2,841,190, reverse strandVPS16: 2,840,689–2,867,031, forward strandVPS16PTPRA: 2,870,754–3,039,247, forward strandPTPRAGNRH2: 3,042,814–3,045,747, forward strandGNRH2MRPS26: 3,046,016–3,048,254, forward strandMRPS26OXT: 3,071,476–3,072,517, forward strandOXTAVP: 3,082,556–3,084,724, reverse strandAVPDiagram of TMC2: 20 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 20Exon 1: 2,536,573–2,536,655, 83 basesExon 2: 2,537,269–2,537,316, 48 basesExon 3: 2,558,456–2,558,774, 319 basesExon 4: 2,561,858–2,562,010, 153 basesExon 5: 2,572,179–2,572,269, 91 basesExon 6: 2,579,146–2,579,227, 82 basesExon 7: 2,579,950–2,580,056, 107 basesExon 8: 2,592,310–2,592,408, 99 basesExon 9: 2,594,825–2,594,967, 143 basesExon 10: 2,597,151–2,597,298, 148 basesExon 11: 2,602,113–2,602,301, 189 basesExon 12: 2,610,419–2,610,598, 180 basesExon 13: 2,612,191–2,612,340, 150 basesExon 14: 2,613,194–2,613,322, 129 basesExon 15: 2,616,137–2,616,204, 68 basesExon 16: 2,617,072–2,617,311, 240 basesExon 17: 2,624,271–2,624,396, 126 basesExon 18: 2,635,926–2,636,004, 79 basesExon 19: 2,637,474–2,637,591, 118 basesExon 20: 2,641,134–2,643,580, 2,447 bases151015205′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 kb of the gene's 107 kb; 2,721 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.). TMC2 gene: transmembrane channel like 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tmc2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TMC2 gene: transmembrane channel like 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tmc2

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