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Gene

ZDHHC21

zDHHC palmitoyltransferase 21

Summary

Cytogenetic location
9p22.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 9: 14,611,071–14,693,432 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 82.4 kb
Protein
265 amino acids
Also known as
HSPC097, DNZ1, DHHC21
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000380916.9NM_178566.6
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads ZDHHC21 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ZDHHC21 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 9, with a bracket where ZDHHC21 sits. ZDHHC21 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 9, from 14,152,252 to 15,152,251.Chromosome 99p22.3p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q13q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34.11q34.12q34.13q34.2q34.314.2 Mb14.4 Mb14.6 Mb14.8 Mb15 MbNFIB: 14,081,843–14,398,983, reverse strandNFIBZDHHC21: 14,611,071–14,693,432, reverse strandZDHHC21CER1: 14,717,327–14,722,740, reverse strandCER1FREM1: 14,734,671–14,910,995, reverse strandFREM1Diagram of ZDHHC21: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 9Exon 10: 14,611,071–14,619,098, 8,028 basesExon 9: 14,619,639–14,619,682, 44 basesExon 8: 14,639,896–14,640,012, 117 basesExon 7: 14,658,749–14,658,887, 139 basesExon 6: 14,662,215–14,662,326, 112 basesExon 5: 14,672,830–14,672,928, 99 basesExon 4: 14,674,187–14,674,385, 199 basesExon 3: 14,680,033–14,680,162, 130 basesExon 2: 14,690,337–14,690,385, 49 basesExon 1: 14,693,229–14,693,432, 204 bases109876543215′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 9.1 kb of the gene's 82.4 kb; 798 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.). ZDHHC21 gene: zDHHC palmitoyltransferase 21. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/zdhhc21

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ZDHHC21 gene: zDHHC palmitoyltransferase 21 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/zdhhc21

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