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Gene

AKR1B1

aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7q33
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 134,442,356–134,459,100 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 16.7 kb
Protein
316 amino acids
Also known as
AR
Previous symbols
ALDR1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000285930.9NM_001628.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads AKR1B1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How AKR1B1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where AKR1B1 sits. AKR1B1 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 133,950,728 to 134,950,727.Chromosome 77q33p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3134 Mb134.2 Mb134.4 Mb134.6 Mb134.8 MbEXOC4: 133,253,054–134,067,137, forward strandEXOC4LRGUK: 134,127,299–134,264,595, forward strandLRGUKSLC35B4: 134,289,205–134,317,117, reverse strandSLC35B4AKR1B1: 134,442,356–134,459,100, reverse strandAKR1B1AKR1B10: 134,527,475–134,541,903, forward strandAKR1B10AKR1B15: 134,548,938–134,579,875, forward strandAKR1B15BPGM: 134,646,784–134,682,319, forward strandBPGMCALD1: 134,744,252–134,970,748, forward strandCALD1Diagram of AKR1B1: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 7Exon 10: 134,442,356–134,442,770, 415 basesExon 9: 134,445,238–134,445,320, 83 basesExon 8: 134,447,298–134,447,381, 84 basesExon 7: 134,447,980–134,448,061, 82 basesExon 6: 134,448,387–134,448,493, 107 basesExon 5: 134,448,997–134,449,119, 123 basesExon 4: 134,449,720–134,449,797, 78 basesExon 3: 134,450,786–134,450,902, 117 basesExon 2: 134,451,586–134,451,753, 168 basesExon 1: 134,458,997–134,459,100, 104 bases109876543215′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 1.4 kb of the gene's 16.7 kb; 951 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). AKR1B1 gene: aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/akr1b1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. AKR1B1 gene: aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/akr1b1

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