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Gene

VNN2

vanin 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q23.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 132,743,870–132,757,904 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 14 kb
Protein
520 amino acids
Also known as
FOAP-4, GPI-80
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000326499.11NM_004665.6
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 VNN2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How VNN2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where VNN2 sits. VNN2 and 12 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 132,250,887 to 133,250,886.Chromosome 66q23.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q27132.4 Mb132.6 Mb132.8 Mb133 Mb133.2 MbMOXD1: 132,295,882–132,401,556, reverse strandMOXD1STX7: 132,409,374–132,513,999, reverse strandSTX7TAAR9: 132,538,277–132,539,336, forward strandTAAR9TAAR8: 132,552,672–132,553,756, forward strandTAAR8TAAR6: 132,570,322–132,571,359, forward strandTAAR6TAAR5: 132,588,592–132,589,741, reverse strandTAAR5TAAR2: 132,617,022–132,624,275, reverse strandTAAR2TAAR1: 132,643,312–132,659,207, reverse strandTAAR1VNN1: 132,680,849–132,719,962, reverse strandVNN1VNN2: 132,743,870–132,757,904, reverse strandVNN2SLC18B1: 132,769,370–132,813,339, reverse strandSLC18B1RPS12: 132,814,542–132,825,144, forward strandRPS12EYA4: 133,240,514–133,533,912, forward strandEYA4Diagram of VNN2: 7 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 7: 132,743,870–132,744,491, 622 basesExon 6: 132,749,695–132,749,865, 171 basesExon 5: 132,751,145–132,751,518, 374 basesExon 4: 132,752,461–132,752,749, 289 basesExon 3: 132,755,843–132,756,035, 193 basesExon 2: 132,757,416–132,757,546, 131 basesExon 1: 132,757,671–132,757,904, 234 bases76543215′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 2 kb of the gene's 14 kb; 1,563 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.). VNN2 gene: vanin 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/vnn2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. VNN2 gene: vanin 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/vnn2

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