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Gene

UCN2

urocortin 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3p21.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 48,561,718–48,563,781 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 2.1 kb
Protein
112 amino acids
Also known as
UCNI, SRP, URP, UCN-II
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000273610.4NM_033199.4
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads UCN2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How UCN2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where UCN2 sits. UCN2 and 31 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 48,062,750 to 49,062,749.Chromosome 33p21.31p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q2948.2 Mb48.4 Mb48.6 Mb48.8 Mb49 MbMAP4: 47,850,678–48,089,299, reverse strandMAP4CDC25A: 48,157,146–48,188,428, reverse strandCDC25ACAMP: 48,223,312–48,225,491, forward strandCAMPZNF589: 48,241,052–48,299,344, forward strandZNF589NME6: 48,287,640–48,301,685, reverse strandNME6SPINK8: 48,306,840–48,333,661, reverse strandSPINK8FBXW12: 48,372,219–48,401,259, forward strandFBXW12PLXNB1: 48,401,712–48,430,499, reverse strandCCDC51: 48,432,164–48,440,456, reverse strandTMA7: 48,440,213–48,444,218, forward strandTMA7ATRIP: 48,446,710–48,467,645, forward strandATRIPSHISA5: 48,464,205–48,504,826, reverse strandSHISA5TREX1: 48,465,811–48,467,645, forward strandTREX1PFKFB4: 48,517,668–48,562,015, reverse strandPFKFB4UCN2: 48,561,718–48,563,781, reverse strandUCN2COL7A1: 48,564,073–48,595,596, reverse strandCOL7A1UQCRC1: 48,598,990–48,610,976, reverse strandUQCRC1TMEM89: 48,620,759–48,621,769, reverse strandTMEM89SLC26A6: 48,625,718–48,635,510, reverse strandSLC26A6CELSR3: 48,636,463–48,662,886, reverse strandCELSR3NCKIPSD: 48,662,986–48,686,364, reverse strandNCKIPSDIP6K2: 48,688,003–48,740,353, reverse strandIP6K2PRKAR2A: 48,744,591–48,847,894, reverse strandPRKAR2ASLC25A20: 48,856,926–48,898,993, reverse strandSLC25A20ARIH2: 48,918,217–48,986,382, forward strandARIH2P4HTM: 48,989,858–49,007,153, forward strandP4HTMWDR6: 49,007,062–49,015,953, forward strandWDR6DALRD3: 49,015,474–49,022,293, reverse strandDALRD3NDUFAF3: 49,020,459–49,027,593, forward strandIMPDH2: 49,024,315–49,029,452, reverse strandIMPDH2: 49,024,345–49,094,071, reverse strandQRICH1: 49,029,700–49,094,545, reverse strandDiagram of UCN2: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 3Exon 2: 48,561,718–48,563,136, 1,419 basesExon 1: 48,563,703–48,563,781, 79 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 1.5 kb of the gene's 2.1 kb; 339 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.). UCN2 gene: urocortin 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ucn2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. UCN2 gene: urocortin 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ucn2

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