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Gene

VCY1B

variable charge Y-linked 1B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Yq11.221
Coordinates
Chromosome Y: 14,056,227–14,056,958 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 0.7 kb
Protein
125 amino acids
Also known as
BPY1B
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000250823.5NM_181880.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads VCY1B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How VCY1B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome Y, with a bracket where VCY1B sits. VCY1B and 3 genes near it on chromosome Y, from 13,556,593 to 14,556,592.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 strandVCY1BNLGN4Y: 14,522,573–14,845,654, forward strandNLGN4YDiagram of VCY1B: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome YExon 1: 14,056,227–14,056,391, 165 basesExon 2: 14,056,584–14,056,958, 375 bases125′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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). VCY1B gene: variable charge Y-linked 1B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/vcy1b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. VCY1B gene: variable charge Y-linked 1B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/vcy1b

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