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Chromosome 6 (human)

Chromosome 6 (human)
Human chromosome 6 pair after G-banding.
One is from mother, one is from father.
Chromosome 6 pair in human male karyogram.
Features
Length (bp) 170,805,979 bp
Number of genes 2,828
Type Autosome
Centromere position Submetacentric [1]
Identifiers
RefSeq NC_000006
GenBank CM000668
Map of Chromosome 6
Ideogram of human chromosome 6. Mbp means mega base pair. Black means something. White means something else. Gray means something third. See locus for other notation.

Chromosome 6 is one of the 23 pairs of organ transplantation.

Identifying genes on each chromosome is an active area of genetic research. Because researchers use different approaches to predict the number of genes on each chromosome, the estimated number of genes varies. Chromosome 6 likely contains between 2,000 and 2,057 genes.[2] As of 2003, the entirety of chromosome 6 has been sequenced by manual annotation of proteins, resulting in the identification of 1,557 genes and 633 pseudogenes.[3]

Contents

  • Genes 1
    • q-arm 1.1
    • p-arm 1.2
  • Diseases & disorders 2
  • References 3

Genes

The human leukocyte antigen lies on chromosome 6 (exception: the gene for β2-microglobulin which is located on chromosome 15), and encodes cell-surface antigen-presenting proteins among other functions. The following are some of the genes and their corresponding Cytogenetic location on chromosome 6:

q-arm

  • BCKDHB: branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase E1, beta polypeptide (maple syrup urine disease) (6q14.1)
  • MYO6: myosin VI (6q14.1)
  • CNR1: cannabinoid 1 receptor (6q14-q15)[4]
  • HACE1: HECT domain and Ankyrin repeat containing, E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 1 (6q21)
  • TAAR1: trace amine associated receptor 1 (6q23.1)
  • TAAR2: trace amine associated receptor 2 (6q24)
  • EYA4: eyes absent homolog 4 (Drosophila)(6q23.2)
  • IFNGR: interferon-γ receptor gene (6q23-q24)
  • OPRM1: μ-opioid receptors (6q24-q25)
  • IGF2R: insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor (6q25.3)
  • PLG: plasminogen (6q26)
  • PARK2: Parkinson disease (autosomal recessive, juvenile) 2, parkin (6q26)
  • T: T brachyury transcription factor (more commonly known as the T gene) linked to Hepatocellular carcinoma and Chordoma (6q27)[5]

p-arm

  • MUT: methylmalonyl Coenzyme A mutase (6p12.3)
  • VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor A (angiogenic growth factor) (6p21.1)
  • PKHD1: polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1 (autosomal recessive) (6p21.2-p12)
  • COL11A2: collagen, type XI, alpha 2(6p21.3)
  • CYP21A2: cytochrome P450, family 21, subfamily A, polypeptide 2 (6p21.33)
  • HFE: hemochromatosis (6p21.3)
  • HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C: major histocompatibility complex (MHC), class I, A, B, and C loci. (6p21.3)
  • HLA-DQA1 and HLA-DQB1 form HLA-DQ heterodimer MHC class II, DQ: Celiac1, IDDM (6p21.3)
  • HLA-DRA, HLA-DRB1, HLA-DRB3, HLA-DRB4, HLA-DRB5 forms HLA-DR, heterodimer MHC class II, DR (6p21.3)
  • HLA-DPA1 and HLA-DPB1 forms HLA-DR, MHC class II, DP (6p21.3)
  • HLA-Cw*06:02: gene variation related to psoriasis (6p21.3)
  • TNXB: tenascin XB (6p21.3)
  • DSP: Desmoplakin gene linked to cardiomyopathy (6p24.3)

Diseases & disorders

The following diseases are some of those related to genes on chromosome 6:

References

  1. ^ "Table 2.3: Human chromosome groups". Human Molecular Genetics (2nd ed.). Garland Science. 1999. 
  2. ^ (human) Chromosome 6"Homo sapiens". NCBI Map Viewer. National Center for Biotechnology Information. 
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  4. ^ Matsuda LA, Lolait SJ, Brownstein MJ, Young AC, Bonner TI; Lolait; Brownstein; Young; Bonner (August 1990). "Structure of a cannabinoid receptor and functional expression of the cloned cDNA". Nature 346 (6284): 561–4.  
  5. ^ "T brachyury transcription factor". T - T brachyury transcription factor - Genetics Home Reference. 
  • Some text in this article was taken from http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/chromosome=6 (public domain)
  • Gilbert F (2002). "Chromosome 6". Genet Test 6 (4): 341–58.  
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