Chromosome 6

Chromosome 6
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)172,126,628 bp
(CHM13)
No. of genes996 (CCDS)[1]
TypeAutosome
Centromere positionSubmetacentric[2]
(59.8 Mbp[3])
Complete gene lists
CCDSGene list
HGNCGene list
UniProtGene list
NCBIGene list
External map viewers
EnsemblChromosome 6
EntrezChromosome 6
NCBIChromosome 6
UCSCChromosome 6
Full DNA sequences
RefSeqNC_000006 (FASTA)
GenBankCM000668 (FASTA)

Chromosome 6 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 6 spans nearly 171 million base pairs (the building material of DNA) and represents between 5.5 and 6% of the total DNA in cells. It contains the major histocompatibility complex, which contains over 100 genes related to the immune response, and plays a vital role in organ transplantation.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CCDS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Tom Strachan; Andrew Read (2 April 2010). Human Molecular Genetics. Garland Science. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-136-84407-2.
  3. ^ Genome Decoration Page, NCBI. Ideogram data for Homo sapience (850 bphs, Assembly GRCh38.p3). Last update 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2017-04-26.