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Gene

YY2

YY2 transcription factor

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xp22.12
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 21,855,987–21,858,740 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 2.8 kb
Protein
372 amino acids
Also known as
ZNF631
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000429584.3NM_206923.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads YY2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How YY2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where YY2 sits. YY2 and 7 genes near it on chromosome X, from 21,357,364 to 22,357,363.Chromosome XXp22.12p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q2821.4 Mb21.6 Mb21.8 Mb22 Mb22.2 MbCNKSR2: 21,372,801–21,654,701, forward strandCNKSR2KLHL34: 21,654,690–21,658,330, reverse strandKLHL34SMPX: 21,704,788–21,758,254, reverse strandSMPXMBTPS2: 21,839,600–21,935,555, forward strandMBTPS2YY2: 21,855,987–21,858,740, forward strandYY2SMS: 21,940,557–21,994,837, forward strandSMSPHEX: 22,032,293–22,494,713, forward strandPHEXCBLL2: 22,272,913–22,274,461, forward strandCBLL2Diagram of YY2: one exon on the forward strand of chromosome XExon 1: 21,855,987–21,858,740, 2,754 bases15′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 2.8 kb of the gene's 2.8 kb; 1,119 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.). YY2 gene: YY2 transcription factor. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/yy2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. YY2 gene: YY2 transcription factor [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/yy2

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