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Gene

VRK2

VRK serine/threonine kinase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2p16.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 58,046,806–58,159,871 (GRCh38)
Exons
13 exons across 113.1 kb
Protein
508 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000340157.9NM_006296.7
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 VRK2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How VRK2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where VRK2 sits. VRK2 and 1 gene near it on chromosome 2, from 57,603,339 to 58,603,338.Chromosome 22p16.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.357.8 Mb58 Mb58.2 Mb58.4 Mb58.6 MbVRK2: 58,046,806–58,159,871, forward strandVRK2FANCL: 58,159,243–58,241,410, reverse strandFANCLDiagram of VRK2: 13 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 2Exon 1: 58,046,806–58,046,868, 63 basesExon 2: 58,048,827–58,048,967, 141 basesExon 3: 58,084,089–58,084,138, 50 basesExon 4: 58,084,881–58,084,950, 70 basesExon 5: 58,086,339–58,086,426, 88 basesExon 6: 58,088,341–58,088,446, 106 basesExon 7: 58,089,631–58,089,723, 93 basesExon 8: 58,123,101–58,123,233, 133 basesExon 9: 58,131,808–58,131,928, 121 basesExon 10: 58,135,141–58,135,199, 59 basesExon 11: 58,139,666–58,139,832, 167 basesExon 12: 58,146,316–58,146,474, 159 basesExon 13: 58,159,349–58,159,871, 523 bases124681012135′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 1.8 kb of the gene's 113.1 kb; 1,527 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.). VRK2 gene: VRK serine/threonine kinase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/vrk2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. VRK2 gene: VRK serine/threonine kinase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/vrk2

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