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HSD17B6

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18033166

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene[2]
Chromosome
human chromosome 12[15]
Cytogenetic location
12q13.3[17]
Encodes
Hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 6[13]
Expressed in
right lobe of liver, lower lobe of lung, seminal vesicula, parietal pleura, spleen, canal of the cervix, saphenous vein, caudate nucleus, nucleus accumbens, prostate[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[14]
Genomic end
56787790, 57181574[6][7]
Genomic start
56752161, 57145945[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
20811[3]
Ortholog
Hsd17b6, drd-5, dhs-2, dhs-20, dhs-16, Hsd17b6[8][9][10][11][12]
Strand orientation
forward strand[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en HSD17B6 en HSE en hydroxysteroid (17-beta) dehydrogenase 6 en hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 6 en RODH en SDR9C6

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Summary

HSD17B6 is a gene[1].

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] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HGNC gene symbol → HSD17B6
    RefSeq RNA ID → NM_003725, XM_005269208, XM_006719672 +3
    Exact match → http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/8630
    OMIM ID → 606623
    + 21 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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