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Gene

VCY

variable charge Y-linked

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Yq11.221
Coordinates
Chromosome Y: 13,985,772–13,986,473 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 0.7 kb
Protein
125 amino acids
Also known as
BPY1, VCY1A, VCY1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000250825.5NM_004679.4
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 VCY yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How VCY is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome Y, with a bracket where VCY sits. VCY and 2 genes near it on chromosome Y, from 13,486,123 to 14,486,122.Chromosome YYq11.221p11.32p11.31p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.221q11.222q11.223q11.23q1213.6 Mb13.8 Mb14 Mb14.2 Mb14.4 MbTMSB4Y: 13,702,892–13,707,652, forward strandTMSB4YVCY: 13,985,772–13,986,473, reverse strandVCYVCY1B: 14,056,227–14,056,958, forward strandVCY1BDiagram of VCY: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome YExon 2: 13,985,772–13,986,146, 375 basesExon 1: 13,986,339–13,986,473, 135 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 0.5 kb of the gene's 0.7 kb; 378 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.). VCY gene: variable charge Y-linked. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/vcy

Vancouver

Dante Labs. VCY gene: variable charge Y-linked [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/vcy

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