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Gene

TMEM179B

transmembrane protein 179B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11q12.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 62,787,402–62,790,400 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 3 kb
Protein
219 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000333449.9NM_199337.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads TMEM179B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How TMEM179B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where TMEM179B sits. TMEM179B and 42 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 62,288,901 to 63,288,900.Chromosome 1111q12.3p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2562.4 Mb62.6 Mb62.8 Mb63 Mb63.2 MbSCGB1D4: 62,296,281–62,299,075, reverse strandSCGB1D4ASRGL1: 62,337,347–62,393,415, forward strandASRGL1SCGB1A1: 62,405,103–62,423,195, forward strandSCGB1A1AHNAK: 62,433,532–62,556,235, reverse strandAHNAKEEF1G: 62,559,593–62,574,086, reverse strand: 62,559,603–62,591,531, reverse strandTUT1: 62,575,045–62,591,637, reverse strandMTA2: 62,593,214–62,601,927, reverse strandMTA2EML3: 62,602,216–62,612,978, reverse strandEML3ROM1: 62,611,722–62,615,116, forward strandROM1B3GAT3: 62,614,993–62,622,180, reverse strandB3GAT3GANAB: 62,624,821–62,646,726, reverse strandINTS5: 62,646,848–62,653,316, reverse strand: 62,649,694–62,665,178, reverse strandC11orf98: 62,662,815–62,665,251, reverse strandLBHD1: 62,662,817–62,672,284, reverse strandCSKMT: 62,665,309–62,668,496, forward strandUQCC3: 62,670,273–62,674,001, forward strandUBXN1: 62,676,498–62,679,332, reverse strandLRRN4CL: 62,686,406–62,689,609, reverse strandBSCL2: 62,689,289–62,709,861, reverse strandHNRNPUL2-BSCL2: 62,690,275–62,727,384, reverse strandGNG3: 62,706,400–62,712,083, forward strandGNG3HNRNPUL2: 62,712,630–62,727,637, reverse strand: 62,726,885–62,727,265, reverse strandTTC9C: 62,727,687–62,740,293, forward strandZBTB3: 62,737,172–62,758,835, reverse strandPOLR2G: 62,761,453–62,766,715, forward strandTAF6L: 62,771,307–62,787,342, forward strandTAF6LTMEM223: 62,771,629–62,792,022, reverse strandTMEM223TMEM179B: 62,787,402–62,790,400, forward strandTMEM179BNXF1: 62,792,123–62,806,302, reverse strandNXF1STX5: 62,806,860–62,832,076, reverse strandTEX54: 62,832,321–62,832,841, reverse strandWDR74: 62,832,342–62,842,228, reverse strandRNU2-2: 62,841,619–62,841,809, reverse strandSLC3A2: 62,855,970–62,888,910, forward strandSLC3A2CHRM1: 62,907,828–62,921,877, reverse strandCHRM1SLC22A6: 62,936,385–62,984,973, reverse strandSLC22A6SLC22A8: 62,989,154–63,017,561, reverse strandSLC22A8SLC22A24: 63,077,406–63,144,221, reverse strandSLC22A24SLC22A25: 63,158,437–63,243,788, reverse strandSLC22A25SLC22A10: 63,268,022–63,311,874, forward strandSLC22A10Diagram of TMEM179B: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 11Exon 1: 62,787,402–62,787,527, 126 basesExon 2: 62,789,023–62,789,210, 188 basesExon 3: 62,789,292–62,789,426, 135 basesExon 4: 62,789,601–62,789,679, 79 basesExon 5: 62,789,886–62,790,400, 515 bases123455′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 kb of the gene's 3 kb; 660 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). TMEM179B gene: transmembrane protein 179B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tmem179b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TMEM179B gene: transmembrane protein 179B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tmem179b

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