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Gene

TXN2

thioredoxin 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
22q12.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 22: 36,467,046–36,481,640 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 14.6 kb
Protein
166 amino acids
Also known as
MT-TRX
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000216185.7NM_012473.4
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 TXN2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 22, with a bracket where TXN2 sits. TXN2 and 13 genes near it on chromosome 22, from 35,974,343 to 36,974,342.Chromosome 2222q12.3p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3336 Mb36.2 Mb36.4 Mb36.6 Mb36.8 MbRBFOX2: 35,738,736–36,028,824, reverse strandRBFOX2APOL3: 36,139,792–36,166,177, reverse strandAPOL3APOL4: 36,189,124–36,204,840, reverse strandAPOL4APOL2: 36,220,307–36,239,954, reverse strandAPOL2APOL1: 36,253,071–36,267,530, forward strandAPOL1MYH9: 36,281,277–36,388,018, reverse strandMYH9TXN2: 36,467,046–36,481,640, reverse strandTXN2FOXRED2: 36,487,190–36,507,221, reverse strandFOXRED2EIF3D: 36,510,847–36,529,245, reverse strandEIF3DCACNG2: 36,560,857–36,703,779, reverse strandCACNG2IFT27: 36,741,346–36,776,309, reverse strandIFT27PVALB: 36,800,682–36,819,479, reverse strandPVALBNCF4: 36,860,795–36,878,067, forward strandNCF4CSF2RB: 36,913,590–36,940,454, forward strandCSF2RBDiagram of TXN2: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 22Exon 4: 36,467,046–36,467,917, 872 basesExon 3: 36,476,733–36,476,856, 124 basesExon 2: 36,480,575–36,480,837, 263 basesExon 1: 36,481,564–36,481,640, 77 bases43215′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 1.3 kb of the gene's 14.6 kb; 501 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.). TXN2 gene: thioredoxin 2. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/txn2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TXN2 gene: thioredoxin 2 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/txn2

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