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BBS2

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q17838063

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene
Chromosome
human chromosome 16
Cytogenetic location
16q13
Encodes
Bardet-Biedl syndrome 2[10]
Expressed in
right adrenal cortex, tibial nerve, ventricular zone, left adrenal gland, caudate nucleus, left adrenal cortex, Achilles tendon, putamen, nucleus accumbens, right frontal lobe
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[11]
Genetic association
Bardet-Biedl syndrome 2, retinitis pigmentosa 74
Genomic end
56554195, 56582667[6][7]
Genomic start
56500748, 56465640[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
12122[3]
Ortholog
Bbs2, Bbs2, bbs2, bbs-2[8][9]
Strand orientation
reverse strand
🏷️ Also known as
en Bardet-Biedl syndrome 2 en BBS en BBS2 en RP74 ar BBS٢
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000125124
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000569941, ENST00000245157, ENST00000561853, ENST00000561877, ENST00000561951, ENST00000562012, ENST00000562059, ENST00000562813, ENST00000564123, ENST00000564459, ENST00000565378, ENST00000565781, ENST00000565859, ENST00000566210, ENST00000566410, ENST00000566452, ENST00000566495, ENST00000566689, ENST00000568104, ENST00000569192, ENST00000569342, ENST00000684640, ENST00000683875, ENST00000682705, ENST00000683347, ENST00000682201, ENST00000683485, ENST00000684673, ENST00000684246, ENST00000683690, ENST00000683008, ENST00000682113, ENST00000684402, ENST00000683248, ENST00000682449, ENST00000682875, ENST00000684044, ENST00000682096, ENST00000683719, ENST00000683992, ENST00000682420, ENST00000683978, ENST00000682146, ENST00000684020, ENST00000682482, ENST00000682855, ENST00000683343, ENST00000682005, ENST00000683858, ENST00000684205, ENST00000683170, ENST00000683757, ENST00000682948, ENST00000682001, ENST00000682597, ENST00000682360, ENST00000683959, ENST00000684057, ENST00000683976, ENST00000683384, ENST00000682723, ENST00000682187, ENST00000684446, ENST00000684128, ENST00000683020, ENST00000682047, ENST00000683396, ENST00000682088, ENST00000682543, ENST00000682470, ENST00000683443, ENST00000682757, ENST00000683669, ENST00000682473, ENST00000683099, ENST00000683212, ENST00000683504, ENST00000682429, ENST00000683904, ENST00000682658, ENST00000683660, ENST00000682930, ENST00000684684, ENST00000682623, ENST00000683533, ENST00000683910, ENST00000682919, ENST00000683410, ENST00000682205, ENST00000682857, ENST00000684531, ENST00000684194, ENST00000618027, ENST00000682561, ENST00000682038, ENST00000682188, ENST00000684076, ENST00000684635, ENST00000682492, ENST00000682370, ENST00000683644, ENST00000682737, ENST00000682000, ENST00000682021, ENST00000682348, ENST00000682960, ENST00000682493, ENST00000682735, ENST00000683609
Entrez Gene ID
583
Exact match
identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/03h07kf
HGNC ID
967
HGNC gene symbol
BBS2
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779931197
OMIM ID
606151
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_031885, NM_001377456, NR_165293, NR_165294, NR_165295, NR_165296, NR_165297, XM_047434412
UMLS CUI
C1412747

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🔗 Connections
Expressed in 5
Achilles tendon, nucleus accumbens, caudate nucleus, putamen, tibial nerve
Chromosome 1
human chromosome 16
Found in taxon 1
Homo sapiens
Instance of 1
gene
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Summary

BBS2 is a gene[1]. BBS2 is a type of protein-coding gene[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genetic association → Bardet-Biedl syndrome 2, retinitis pigmentosa 74
    Chromosome → human chromosome 16
    Strand orientation → reverse strand
    Instance of → gene
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [gsw] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32527: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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