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Human (GRCh38.p14)
Description

desmoglein 2 [Source:HGNC Symbol;Acc:HGNC:3049]

Gene Synonyms

CDHF5

Location

Chromosome 18: 31,497,624-31,551,351 forward strand.

GRCh38:CM000680.2

About this gene

This gene has 33 transcripts (splice variants), 400 orthologues, 6 paralogues and is associated with 12 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchRefSeq MatchFlags
ENST00000261590.13DSG2-20156971118aaENSP00000261590.8
 
Protein coding
CCDS42423Q14126 NM_001943.5MANE SelectEnsembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P2TSL:1
ENST00001131664.1DSG2-23383111118aaENSP00000803160.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS42423--Ensembl Canonical ExtendedGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P2
ENST00000713819.2DSG2-21884781115aaENSP00000519123.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BGZ7 -GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENST00000713817.2DSG2-21684441115aaENSP00000519121.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BGZ7 -GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENST00000713822.2DSG2-22184131110aaENSP00000519126.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BGX5 -GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENST00000713780.1DSG2-2118311940aaENSP00000519082.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BGT2 -GENCODE Basic
ENST00000713821.2DSG2-22082751106aaENSP00000519125.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BGX8 -GENCODE Basic
ENST00000713762.2DSG2-2088244940aaENSP00000519063.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BGT2 -GENCODE Basic
ENST00000713823.2DSG2-22282181087aaENSP00000519127.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BH06 -GENCODE Basic
ENST00000856883.2DSG2-23081731072aaENSP00000526942.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00000713824.2DSG2-22381491064aaENSP00000519128.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BH29 -GENCODE Basic
ENST00000713825.2DSG2-22480111018aaENSP00000519129.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BH03 -GENCODE Basic
ENST00000713818.2DSG2-21779781007aaENSP00000519122.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BGZ0 -GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENST00000713835.2DSG2-2287972940aaENSP00000519140.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BGT2 -GENCODE Basic
ENST00000713779.2DSG2-2107965940aaENSP00000519081.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BGT2 -GENCODE Basic
ENST00000713832.2DSG2-2255807805aaENSP00000519137.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BH00 -GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENST00001106219.1DSG2-2314142825aaENSP00000776024.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENST00001106220.1DSG2-2323678558aaENSP00000776025.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE Basic
ENST00000713782.2DSG2-2132109149aaENSP00000519084.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BGY9 -GENCODE Basic
ENST00000585206.2DSG2-2021395232aaENSP00000462503.1
 
Protein coding
J3KSI6 -GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicTSL:2
ENST00000682241.4DSG2-2041312241aaENSP00000507600.2
 
Protein coding
A0A804HJQ3 -GENCODE Basic
ENST00000683654.3DSG2-2061292248aaENSP00000506971.1
 
Protein coding
A0A804HIA2 -GENCODE Basic
ENST00000713783.2DSG2-2141276294aaENSP00000519085.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BGX2 -GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE Basic
ENST00000713781.1DSG2-2126064381aaENSP00000519083.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0AAQ5BGW0 --
ENST00000713820.1DSG2-219597435aaENSP00000519124.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0AAQ5BGZ9 --
ENST00000713784.1DSG2-2155969203aaENSP00000519086.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0AAQ5BGU9 --
ENST00000713834.1DSG2-2275519350aaENSP00000519139.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0AAQ5BH09 --
ENST00000713833.1DSG2-226545393aaENSP00000519138.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0AAQ5BH32 --
ENST00000713767.1DSG2-2094177104aaENSP00000519068.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0AAQ5BGV7 --
ENST00000713855.1DSG2-2292584338aaENSP00000519160.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0AAQ5BH19 --
ENST00000683614.2DSG2-2053173No protein-
 
Retained intron
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ENST00000684461.1DSG2-2071722No protein-
 
Retained intron
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ENST00000682087.2DSG2-2031326No protein-
 
Retained intron
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