SNORD68

Summary

SNORD68 (small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 68, HGNC:32729) is a small nucleolar RNA gene on chromosome 16q24.3.

Predicted to be involved in RNA processing. Predicted to be located in nucleolus.

Source: NCBI Gene 606500 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

• Gene type: non-coding (snoRNA) — no protein product; not a drug target. Variant/disease associations are omitted (they would be positional, from an overlapping protein-coding gene).

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

Field	Value
HGNC ID	HGNC:32729
Approved symbol	SNORD68
Name	small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 68
Location	16q24.3
Locus type	RNA, small nucleolar
Status	Approved
Aliases	HBII-202
Ensembl gene	ENSG00000200084
Ensembl biotype	snoRNA
Entrez	606500
RNAcentral	URS000075D268 — snoRNA, 72 nt, 1 organism(s)

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 1 — 1 snoRNA

ENST00000363214

RefSeq mRNA: 0 — MANE Select: None

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000363214 — 1 exons

Exon	Start	End
ENSE00001437977	89561434	89561517

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth broad, 15 present calls, max score 99.61.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth broad, TPM avg 0.7394 / max 162.8225, expressed in 326 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (1 alternative TSS)

Promoter ID	TPM avg	Samples expressed
155606	0.7394	326

Top tissues by expression

15 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

Tissue	Anatomy ID	Expression score	Quality
sural nerve	UBERON:0015488	99.61	gold quality
liver	UBERON:0002107	95.84	gold quality
lung	UBERON:0002048	89.62	gold quality
blood	UBERON:0000178	88.55	gold quality
heart	UBERON:0000948	85.10	gold quality
intestine	UBERON:0000160	84.53	gold quality
adrenal tissue	UBERON:0018303	81.23	gold quality
kidney	UBERON:0002113	78.78	gold quality
adrenal gland	UBERON:0002369	77.92	gold quality
adult mammalian kidney	UBERON:0000082	77.32	gold quality
stomach	UBERON:0000945	76.84	gold quality
frontal cortex	UBERON:0001870	76.69	gold quality
muscle of leg	UBERON:0001383	74.88	gold quality
small intestine	UBERON:0002108	70.18	gold quality
gastrocnemius	UBERON:0001388	63.30	gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 0.

Experiment	Marker?	Max mean expression
E-ANND-3	no	0.00

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Cross-species orthologs

6 orthologs

Organism	Symbol	Gene ID
danio_rerio		ENSDARG00000100318
danio_rerio		ENSDARG00000102909
danio_rerio		ENSDARG00000104104
mus_musculus	Snord68	ENSMUSG00000064450
rattus_norvegicus	LOC120098677	ENSRNOG00000054310
rattus_norvegicus	LOC120097582	ENSRNOG00000057492

Paralogs (2): (ENSG00000212618), (ENSG00000253072)

Protein

Non-coding RNA — no protein product; not a drug target.

Function

No curated pathway, Gene-Ontology, or interaction data.

Disease & clinical

No curated disease, variant, or cancer-driver associations.

Drugs & pharmacology

No drug or pharmacology data — not an established drug target.