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Gene

YAF2

YY1 associated factor 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q12
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 42,157,104–42,238,248 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 81.1 kb
Protein
180 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000534854.7NM_005748.6
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads YAF2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How YAF2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where YAF2 sits. YAF2 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 41,697,676 to 42,697,675.Chromosome 1212q12p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3341.8 Mb42 Mb42.2 Mb42.4 Mb42.6 MbGXYLT1: 42,081,845–42,144,888, reverse strandGXYLT1YAF2: 42,157,104–42,238,248, reverse strandYAF2PPHLN1: 42,238,418–42,459,715, forward strandPPHLN1ZCRB1: 42,303,157–42,326,257, reverse strandZCRB1PRICKLE1: 42,456,753–42,590,355, reverse strandPRICKLE1Diagram of YAF2: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 4: 42,157,104–42,160,826, 3,723 basesExon 3: 42,161,613–42,161,765, 153 basesExon 2: 42,237,599–42,237,724, 126 basesExon 1: 42,238,155–42,238,248, 94 bases415′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 4.1 kb of the gene's 81.1 kb; 543 of those bases code for the protein.

Sequencing YAF2

3Low

How hard YAF2 is to sequence with short reads, out of 100

  • Mappability0%
  • Homology0%
  • Repeats4.4%
  • GC content21%
  • Reference coverage0%

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.
  • The Genome in a Bottle genome stratifications, from NIST: the sequencing difficulty score.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). YAF2 gene: YY1 associated factor 2. Retrieved 18 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/yaf2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. YAF2 gene: YY1 associated factor 2 [Internet]. [cited 18 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/yaf2

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