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Gene

VIP

vasoactive intestinal peptide

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q25.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 152,750,797–152,759,760 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 9 kb
Protein
170 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000367244.8NM_003381.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How VIP is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where VIP sits. VIP and 5 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 152,255,279 to 153,255,278.Chromosome 66q25.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q27152.4 Mb152.6 Mb152.8 Mb153 Mb153.2 MbSYNE1: 152,121,687–152,637,801, reverse strandSYNE1MYCT1: 152,697,889–152,724,585, forward strandMYCT1VIP: 152,750,797–152,759,760, forward strandVIPFBXO5: 152,970,519–152,983,599, reverse strandFBXO5MTRF1L: 152,987,362–153,002,802, reverse strandMTRF1LRGS17: 153,004,449–153,131,306, reverse strandRGS17Diagram of VIP: 7 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 152,750,797–152,750,959, 163 basesExon 2: 152,752,168–152,752,284, 117 basesExon 3: 152,754,166–152,754,288, 123 basesExon 4: 152,755,269–152,755,373, 105 basesExon 5: 152,756,134–152,756,265, 132 basesExon 6: 152,757,096–152,757,184, 89 basesExon 7: 152,758,910–152,759,760, 851 bases12345675′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 1.6 kb of the gene's 9 kb; 513 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.). VIP gene: vasoactive intestinal peptide. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/vip

Vancouver

Dante Labs. VIP gene: vasoactive intestinal peptide [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/vip

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