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Gene

UTS2

urotensin 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p36.23
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 7,847,612–7,853,065 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 5.5 kb
Protein
124 amino acids
Also known as
UII, U-II, UCN2, PRO1068
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000361696.10NM_006786.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How UTS2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where UTS2 sits. UTS2 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 7,350,339 to 8,350,338.Chromosome 11p36.23p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q447.4 Mb7.6 Mb7.8 Mb8 Mb8.2 MbCAMTA1: 6,785,432–7,769,706, forward strandCAMTA1VAMP3: 7,771,264–7,781,447, forward strandVAMP3PER3: 7,784,183–7,845,181, forward strandPER3UTS2: 7,847,612–7,853,065, reverse strandUTS2TNFRSF9: 7,915,871–7,943,165, reverse strandTNFRSF9PARK7: 7,952,654–7,985,991, forward strandPARK7ERRFI1: 8,003,196–8,026,318, reverse strandERRFI1SLC45A1: 8,318,081–8,344,296, forward strandSLC45A1Diagram of UTS2: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 1Exon 4: 7,847,612–7,847,882, 271 basesExon 3: 7,849,640–7,849,683, 44 basesExon 2: 7,850,812–7,850,922, 111 basesExon 1: 7,852,901–7,853,065, 165 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 0.6 kb of the gene's 5.5 kb; 375 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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). UTS2 gene: urotensin 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/uts2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. UTS2 gene: urotensin 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/uts2

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