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Gene

UBB

ubiquitin B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17p11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 16,381,091–16,382,740 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 1.7 kb
Protein
229 amino acids
Also known as
MGC8385, FLJ25987
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000302182.8NM_018955.4
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

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

How UBB is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where UBB sits. UBB and 12 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 15,881,916 to 16,881,915.Chromosome 1717p11.2p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.316 Mb16.2 Mb16.4 Mb16.6 Mb16.8 MbADORA2B: 15,945,093–15,976,467, forward strandADORA2BZSWIM7: 15,976,219–15,999,717, reverse strandZSWIM7TTC19: 15,999,386–16,068,416, forward strandTTC19NCOR1: 16,029,065–16,218,185, reverse strandNCOR1PIGL: 16,217,181–16,351,797, forward strandPIGLCENPV: 16,340,011–16,353,661, reverse strandCENPVUBB: 16,381,091–16,382,740, forward strandUBBTRPV2: 16,407,465–16,437,861, forward strandTRPV2LRRC75A: 16,441,493–16,492,237, reverse strandLRRC75AZNF287: 16,546,954–16,569,218, reverse strandZNF287ZNF624: 16,620,734–16,653,860, reverse strandZNF624CCDC144A: 16,689,537–16,777,974, forward strandCCDC144A: 16,690,261–16,804,453, forward strandDiagram of UBB: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 17Exon 1: 16,381,091–16,381,184, 94 basesExon 2: 16,381,902–16,382,740, 839 bases125′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 0.9 kb of the gene's 1.7 kb; 690 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.). UBB gene: ubiquitin B. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ubb

Vancouver

Dante Labs. UBB gene: ubiquitin B [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ubb

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