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Gene

VAX2

ventral anterior homeobox 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2p13.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 70,900,576–70,933,446 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 32.9 kb
Protein
290 amino acids
Also known as
DRES93
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000234392.3NM_012476.3
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads VAX2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How VAX2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where VAX2 sits. VAX2 and 14 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 70,417,011 to 71,417,010.Chromosome 22p13.3p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.370.6 Mb70.8 Mb71 Mb71.2 Mb71.4 MbTGFA: 70,447,284–70,554,193, reverse strandTGFAADD2: 70,607,618–70,768,499, reverse strandADD2FIGLA: 70,777,310–70,790,643, reverse strandFIGLACLEC4F: 70,808,643–70,820,601, reverse strandCLEC4FCD207: 70,830,000–70,835,822, reverse strandCD207VAX2: 70,900,576–70,933,446, forward strandVAX2ATP6V1B1: 70,935,771–70,965,431, forward strandATP6V1B1: 70,939,318–70,995,336, reverse strandTEX261: 70,968,325–70,994,873, reverse strandTEX261ANKRD53: 70,978,380–70,985,967, forward strandANKRD53NAGK: 71,064,344–71,079,808, forward strandNAGKMCEE: 71,108,926–71,130,279, reverse strandMCEEMPHOSPH10: 71,130,305–71,150,101, forward strandMPHOSPH10PAIP2B: 71,181,702–71,227,112, reverse strandPAIP2BZNF638: 71,276,537–71,437,183, forward strandZNF638Diagram of VAX2: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 2Exon 1: 70,900,576–70,900,868, 293 basesExon 2: 70,921,098–70,921,285, 188 basesExon 3: 70,932,767–70,933,446, 680 bases1235′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 1.2 kb of the gene's 32.9 kb; 873 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.). VAX2 gene: ventral anterior homeobox 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/vax2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. VAX2 gene: ventral anterior homeobox 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/vax2

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