Chromosome 22 | |
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Features | |
Length (bp) | 51,324,926 bp (CHM13) |
No. of genes | 417 (CCDS) [1] |
Type | Autosome |
Centromere position | Acrocentric [2] (15.0 Mbp [3] ) |
Complete gene lists | |
CCDS | Gene list |
HGNC | Gene list |
UniProt | Gene list |
NCBI | Gene list |
External map viewers | |
Ensembl | Chromosome 22 |
Entrez | Chromosome 22 |
NCBI | Chromosome 22 |
UCSC | Chromosome 22 |
Full DNA sequences | |
RefSeq | NC_000022 (FASTA) |
GenBank | CM000684 (FASTA) |
Chromosome 22 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in human cells. Humans normally have two copies of chromosome 22 in each cell. Chromosome 22 is the second smallest human chromosome, spanning about 51 million DNA base pairs and representing between 1.5 and 2% of the total DNA in cells.
In 1999, researchers working on the Human Genome Project announced they had determined the sequence of base pairs that make up this chromosome. Chromosome 22 was the first human chromosome to be fully sequenced. [4]
Human chromosomes are numbered by their apparent size in the karyotype, with chromosome 1 being the largest and chromosome 22 having originally been identified as the smallest. However, genome sequencing has revealed that chromosome 21 is actually smaller than chromosome 22.
The following are some of the gene count estimates of human chromosome 22. Because researchers use different approaches to genome annotation, their predictions of the number of genes on each chromosome varies (for technical details, see gene prediction). Among various projects, the collaborative consensus coding sequence project (CCDS) takes an extremely conservative strategy. So CCDS's gene number prediction represents a lower bound on the total number of human protein-coding genes. [5]
Estimated by | Protein-coding genes | Non-coding RNA genes | Pseudogenes | Source | Release date |
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CCDS | 417 | — | — | [1] | 2016-09-08 |
HGNC | 424 | 161 | 295 | [6] | 2019-07-08 |
Ensembl | 489 | 515 | 325 | [7] | 2017-03-29 |
UniProt | 496 | — | — | [8] | 2018-02-28 |
NCBI | 474 | 392 | 379 | [9] [10] [11] | 2017-05-19 |
The following is a partial list of genes on human chromosome 22. For complete list, see the link in the infobox on the right.
Locus | Gene | Description | Condition |
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22 q11.1-q11.2 | IGL@ | Asymmetric crying facies (Cayler cardiofacial syndrome) | |
22 q11.21 | TBX1 | T-box 1 | |
22 q11 | RTN4R | Reticulon 4 receptor | Schizophrenia |
22 q11.21-q11.23 | COMT | catechol-O-methyltransferase gene | |
22 q12.1-q13.1 | NEFH | neurofilament, heavy polypeptide 200kDa | |
22 q12.1 [12] | CHEK2 | CHK2 checkpoint homolog (S. pombe) | |
22 q12.2 | NF2 | neurofibromin 2 | bilateral acoustic neuroma |
22 q13 | SOX10 | SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 10 | |
22 q13.1 | APOL1 | Apolipoprotein L1 | |
22 q13.2 | EP300 | E1A binding protein p300 | |
22 q13.3 | WNT7B | Wingless-type MMTV integration site family, member 7B | 22q13 deletion syndrome |
22 q13.3 | SHANK3 | SH3 and multiple ankyrin repeat domains 3 | 22q13 deletion syndrome |
22 q13.3 | SULT4A1 | sulfotransferase family 4A, member 1 | 22q13 deletion syndrome |
22 q13.3 | PARVB | parvin beta (cytoskeleton organization and cell adhesion) | 22q13 deletion syndrome |
The following diseases are some of those related to genes on chromosome 22:
The following conditions are caused by changes in the structure or number of copies of chromosome 22:
Chr. | Arm [18] | Band [19] | ISCN start [20] | ISCN stop [20] | Basepair start | Basepair stop | Stain [21] | Density |
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22 | p | 13 | 0 | 260 | 1 | 4,300,000 | gvar | |
22 | p | 12 | 260 | 576 | 4,300,001 | 9,400,000 | stalk | |
22 | p | 11.2 | 576 | 836 | 9,400,001 | 13,700,000 | gvar | |
22 | p | 11.1 | 836 | 1015 | 13,700,001 | 15,000,000 | acen | |
22 | q | 11.1 | 1015 | 1234 | 15,000,001 | 17,400,000 | acen | |
22 | q | 11.21 | 1234 | 1563 | 17,400,001 | 21,700,000 | gneg | |
22 | q | 11.22 | 1563 | 1700 | 21,700,001 | 23,100,000 | gpos | 25 |
22 | q | 11.23 | 1700 | 1878 | 23,100,001 | 25,500,000 | gneg | |
22 | q | 12.1 | 1878 | 2029 | 25,500,001 | 29,200,000 | gpos | 50 |
22 | q | 12.2 | 2029 | 2194 | 29,200,001 | 31,800,000 | gneg | |
22 | q | 12.3 | 2194 | 2413 | 31,800,001 | 37,200,000 | gpos | 50 |
22 | q | 13.1 | 2413 | 2687 | 37,200,001 | 40,600,000 | gneg | |
22 | q | 13.2 | 2687 | 2852 | 40,600,001 | 43,800,000 | gpos | 50 |
22 | q | 13.31 | 2852 | 3181 | 43,800,001 | 48,100,000 | gneg | |
22 | q | 13.32 | 3181 | 3290 | 48,100,001 | 49,100,000 | gpos | 50 |
22 | q | 13.33 | 3290 | 3400 | 49,100,001 | 50,818,468 | gneg |
The X chromosome is one of the two sex chromosomes in many organisms, including mammals, and is found in both males and females. It is a part of the XY sex-determination system and XO sex-determination system. The X chromosome was named for its unique properties by early researchers, which resulted in the naming of its counterpart Y chromosome, for the next letter in the alphabet, following its subsequent discovery.
Chromosome 21 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. Chromosome 21 is both the smallest human autosome and chromosome, with 46.7 million base pairs representing about 1.5 percent of the total DNA in cells. Most people have two copies of chromosome 21, while those with three copies of chromosome 21 have Down syndrome.
Chromosome 13 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 13 spans about 113 million base pairs and represents between 3.5 and 4% of the total DNA in cells.
Chromosome 2 is one of the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 2 is the second-largest human chromosome, spanning more than 242 million base pairs and representing almost eight percent of the total DNA in human cells.
Chromosome 3 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 3 spans 201 million base pairs and represents about 6.5 percent of the total DNA in cells.
Chromosome 4 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 4 spans more than 193 million base pairs and represents between 6 and 6.5 percent of the total DNA in cells.
Chromosome 5 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 5 spans about 182 million base pairs and represents almost 6% of the total DNA in cells. Chromosome 5 is the 5th largest human chromosome, yet has one of the lowest gene densities. This is partially explained by numerous gene-poor regions that display a remarkable degree of non-coding and syntenic conservation with non-mammalian vertebrates, suggesting they are functionally constrained.
Chromosome 7 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans, who normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 7 spans about 160 million base pairs and represents between 5 and 5.5 percent of the total DNA in cells.
Chromosome 8 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 8 spans about 146 million base pairs and represents between 4.5 and 5.0% of the total DNA in cells.
Chromosome 9 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. Humans normally have two copies of this chromosome, as they normally do with all chromosomes. Chromosome 9 spans about 150 million base pairs of nucleic acids and represents between 4.0 and 4.5% of the total DNA in cells.
Chromosome 10 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 10 spans about 134 million base pairs and represents between 4 and 4.5 percent of the total DNA in cells.
Chromosome 11 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. Humans normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 11 spans about 135 million base pairs and represents between 4 and 4.5 percent of the total DNA in cells. The shorter arm is termed 11p while the longer arm is 11q. At about 21.5 genes per megabase, chromosome 11 is one of the most gene-rich, and disease-rich, chromosomes in the human genome.
Chromosome 12 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 12 spans about 133 million base pairs and represents between 4 and 4.5 percent of the total DNA in cells.
Chromosome 14 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 14 spans about 101 million base pairs and represents between 3 and 3.5% of the total DNA in cells.
Chromosome 15 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 15 spans about 99.7 million base pairs and represents between 3% and 3.5% of the total DNA in cells. Chromosome 15 is an acrocentric chromosome, with a very small short arm, which contains few protein coding genes among its 19 million base pairs. It has a larger long arm that is gene rich, spanning about 83 million base pairs.
Chromosome 16 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 16 spans about 96 million base pairs and represents just under 3% of the total DNA in cells.
Chromosome 17 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 17 spans more than 84 million base pairs and represents between 2.5 and 3% of the total DNA in cells.
Chromosome 18 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 18 spans about 80 million base pairs and represents about 2.5 percent of the total DNA in cells.
Chromosome 19 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 19 spans more than 61.7 million base pairs, the building material of DNA. It is considered the most gene-rich chromosome containing roughly 1,500 genes, despite accounting for only 2 percent of the human genome.
Chromosome 20 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. Chromosome 20 spans around 66 million base pairs and represents between 2 and 2.5 percent of the total DNA in cells. Chromosome 20 was fully sequenced in 2001 and was reported to contain over 59 million base pairs. Since then, due to sequencing improvements and fixes, the length of chromosome 20 has been updated to just over 66 million base pairs.