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Gene

ADH1B

alcohol dehydrogenase 1B (class I), beta polypeptide

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4q23
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 99,304,971–99,321,401 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 16.4 kb
Protein
375 amino acids
Previous symbols
ADH2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000305046.13NM_000668.6
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Trait report that reads ADH1B

How ADH1B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where ADH1B sits. ADH1B and 12 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 98,813,186 to 99,813,185.Chromosome 44q23p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.299 Mb99.2 Mb99.4 Mb99.6 Mb99.8 MbEIF4E: 98,876,654–98,929,925, reverse strandEIF4EMETAP1: 98,995,359–99,065,059, forward strandMETAP1ADH5: 99,070,978–99,088,822, reverse strandADH5ADH4: 99,123,502–99,157,792, reverse strandADH4ADH6: 99,202,424–99,219,537, reverse strandADH6ADH1A: 99,275,958–99,291,552, reverse strandADH1AADH1B: 99,304,971–99,321,401, reverse strandADH1BADH1C: 99,336,093–99,382,896, reverse strandADH1CADH7: 99,412,261–99,435,698, reverse strandADH7C4orf17: 99,511,012–99,542,303, forward strandC4orf17TRMT10A: 99,546,700–99,564,070, reverse strandTRMT10AMTTP: 99,564,081–99,623,997, forward strandMTTPC4orf54: 99,636,529–99,657,828, reverse strandC4orf54Diagram of ADH1B: 9 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 9: 99,304,971–99,307,864, 2,894 basesExon 8: 99,310,765–99,310,903, 139 basesExon 7: 99,311,521–99,311,656, 136 basesExon 6: 99,313,821–99,314,081, 261 basesExon 5: 99,315,898–99,316,117, 220 basesExon 4: 99,316,215–99,316,302, 88 basesExon 3: 99,318,046–99,318,184, 139 basesExon 2: 99,318,785–99,318,886, 102 basesExon 1: 99,321,314–99,321,401, 88 bases9864215′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 4.1 kb of the gene's 16.4 kb; 1,128 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). ADH1B gene: alcohol dehydrogenase 1B (class I), beta polypeptide. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/adh1b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ADH1B gene: alcohol dehydrogenase 1B (class I), beta polypeptide [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/adh1b

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