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Gene

TMEM156

transmembrane protein 156

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4p14
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 38,966,744–39,032,409 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 65.7 kb
Protein
296 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ23235
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000381938.4NM_024943.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How TMEM156 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where TMEM156 sits. TMEM156 and 12 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 38,499,577 to 39,499,576.Chromosome 44p14p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.238.6 Mb38.8 Mb39 Mb39.2 Mb39.4 MbKLF3: 38,664,003–38,701,517, forward strandKLF3TLR10: 38,772,238–38,782,990, reverse strandTLR10TLR1: 38,787,555–38,856,817, reverse strandTLR1TLR6: 38,822,897–38,856,901, reverse strandTLR6FAM114A1: 38,867,677–38,945,740, forward strandFAM114A1TMEM156: 38,966,744–39,032,409, reverse strandTMEM156KLHL5: 39,044,613–39,126,857, forward strandKLHL5WDR19: 39,182,463–39,285,810, forward strandWDR19RFC1: 39,287,455–39,366,400, reverse strandRFC1KLB: 39,406,896–39,451,533, forward strandKLBRPL9: 39,450,679–39,472,424, reverse strandRPL9LIAS: 39,459,004–39,485,109, forward strandLIASUGDH: 39,498,755–39,528,311, reverse strandUGDHDiagram of TMEM156: 7 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 7: 38,966,744–38,967,641, 898 basesExon 6: 38,971,032–38,971,137, 106 basesExon 5: 38,986,336–38,986,419, 84 basesExon 4: 38,988,851–38,988,970, 120 basesExon 3: 38,993,738–38,993,998, 261 basesExon 2: 38,998,640–38,998,909, 270 basesExon 1: 39,032,226–39,032,409, 184 bases76543215′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 1.9 kb of the gene's 65.7 kb; 891 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.). TMEM156 gene: transmembrane protein 156. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tmem156

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TMEM156 gene: transmembrane protein 156 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tmem156

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