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Gene

UCN

urocortin

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2p23.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 27,307,400–27,308,445 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 1 kb
Protein
124 amino acids
Also known as
UROC, UI, UCN1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000296099.2NM_003353.4
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 UCN yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How UCN is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where UCN sits. UCN and 38 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 26,807,923 to 27,807,922.Chromosome 22p23.3p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.327 Mb27.2 Mb27.4 Mb27.6 Mb27.8 MbDPYSL5: 26,847,747–26,950,351, forward strandDPYSL5MAPRE3: 26,970,400–27,027,219, forward strandMAPRE3TMEM214: 27,032,910–27,041,697, forward strandTMEM214AGBL5: 27,042,364–27,070,622, forward strandAGBL5OST4: 27,058,735–27,073,830, reverse strandOST4EMILIN1: 27,078,044–27,086,408, forward strandKHK: 27,086,723–27,100,777, forward strandKHKCGREF1: 27,098,853–27,119,139, reverse strandABHD1: 27,123,789–27,130,812, forward strandABHD1PREB: 27,129,153–27,134,689, reverse strandPREBPRR30: 27,136,848–27,139,410, reverse strandPRR30TCF23: 27,148,999–27,156,974, forward strandTCF23SLC5A6: 27,199,587–27,212,958, reverse strandSLC5A6ATRAID: 27,212,012–27,217,178, forward strandATRAIDCAD: 27,217,345–27,245,683, forward strandCADSLC30A3: 27,253,509–27,275,817, reverse strandDNAJC5G: 27,275,430–27,281,499, forward strandDNAJC5GTRIM54: 27,282,366–27,309,400, forward strandTRIM54UCN: 27,307,400–27,308,445, reverse strandUCNMPV17: 27,309,486–27,325,680, reverse strandMPV17GTF3C2: 27,324,198–27,357,566, reverse strandEIF2B4: 27,363,420–27,370,466, reverse strandEIF2B4SNX17: 27,370,496–27,377,535, forward strandSNX17ZNF513: 27,377,235–27,380,790, reverse strandZNF513PPM1G: 27,381,194–27,409,674, reverse strandPPM1GNRBP1: 27,427,790–27,442,260, forward strandNRBP1KRTCAP3: 27,442,337–27,446,486, forward strandKRTCAP3IFT172: 27,444,374–27,489,839, reverse strandIFT172FNDC4: 27,491,260–27,495,631, reverse strandFNDC4GCKR: 27,496,055–27,523,688, forward strandGCKRSPATA31H1: 27,537,386–27,582,722, forward strandSPATA31H1ZNF512: 27,582,969–27,623,217, forward strandZNF512CCDC121: 27,625,535–27,629,018, reverse strandCCDC121GPN1: 27,628,247–27,652,152, forward strandGPN1SUPT7L: 27,642,568–27,663,847, reverse strandSUPT7LSLC4A1AP: 27,663,426–27,695,756, forward strandSLC4A1APMRPL33: 27,771,683–27,781,484, forward strandMRPL33: 27,771,739–27,988,087, forward strandRBKS: 27,780,857–27,890,681, reverse strandRBKSDiagram of UCN: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 2Exon 2: 27,307,400–27,307,908, 509 basesExon 1: 27,308,160–27,308,445, 286 bases215′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 0.8 kb of the gene's 1 kb; 375 of those bases code for the protein.

How a genome test reads UCN

2

positions in UCN where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic

None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.

A whole genome covers all 1 kb of UCN, introns included, not only the 0.8 kb of exons.

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.
  • ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
  • Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). UCN gene: urocortin. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ucn

Vancouver

Dante Labs. UCN gene: urocortin [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ucn

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