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Human (GRCh38.p14)
Description

hexosaminidase subunit beta [Source:HGNC Symbol;Acc:HGNC:4879]

Location

Chromosome 5: 74,640,023-74,722,647 forward strand.

GRCh38:CM000667.2

About this gene

This gene has 31 transcripts (splice variants), 219 orthologues, 1 paralogue and is associated with 6 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchRefSeq MatchFlags
ENST00000261416.12HEXB-2011812556aaENSP00000261416.7
 
Protein coding
CCDS4022P07686 NM_000521.4MANE SelectEnsembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P2TSL:1
ENST00001132015.1HEXB-2311904556aaENSP00000803134.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS4022--Ensembl Canonical ExtendedGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P2
ENST00000511181.5HEXB-2072021331aaENSP00000426285.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS78021Q5URX0 -GENCODE BasicTSL:1
ENST00001007252.1HEXB-2142020544aaENSP00000677069.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENST00001007254.1HEXB-2161949572aaENSP00000677071.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001120347.1HEXB-2271897549aaENSP00000790152.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENST00001052136.1HEXB-2221896554aaENSP00000721953.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001120348.1HEXB-2281883242aaENSP00000790153.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001126769.1HEXB-2301829224aaENSP00000796574.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001052134.1HEXB-2201727470aaENSP00000721951.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001120349.1HEXB-2291586242aaENSP00000790154.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00000509579.1HEXB-20580635aaENSP00000424939.1
 
Protein coding
D6REQ8 -GENCODE BasicTSL:2
ENST00000513336.5HEXB-210720202aaENSP00000423713.1
 
Protein coding
H0Y9B6 -TSL:3CDS 5' incomplete
ENST00001052133.1HEXB-2192098100aaENSP00000721950.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001007253.1HEXB-2151970242aaENSP00000677070.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001052141.1HEXB-2261902224aaENSP00000721958.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001052140.1HEXB-2251896415aaENSP00000721957.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001052135.1HEXB-2211858493aaENSP00000721952.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001052138.1HEXB-2241857369aaENSP00000721955.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001052137.1HEXB-2231797267aaENSP00000721954.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001052132.1HEXB-2181686310aaENSP00000721949.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001007255.1HEXB-2171564308aaENSP00000677072.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00000503312.5HEXB-202756170aaENSP00000426384.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
H0YA83 -TSL:5CDS 5' incomplete
ENST00000505859.1HEXB-20460452aaENSP00000424550.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
H0Y9M3 -TSL:3CDS 5' incomplete
ENST00000513539.1HEXB-211502No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:3
ENST00000513079.5HEXB-2091684No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:2
ENST00000504459.5HEXB-203899No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:3
ENST00000515528.1HEXB-213876No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:2
ENST00000513867.1HEXB-212711No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:2
ENST00000510820.1HEXB-206427No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:3
ENST00000511621.1HEXB-208288No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:2