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Gene

ASCL1

achaete-scute family bHLH transcription factor 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q23.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 102,957,674–102,960,513 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 2.8 kb
Protein
236 amino acids
Also known as
ASH1, HASH1, bHLHa46
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000266744.4NM_004316.4
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.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads ASCL1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ASCL1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where ASCL1 sits. ASCL1 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 102,459,094 to 103,459,093.Chromosome 1212q23.2p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.33102.6 Mb102.8 Mb103 Mb103.2 Mb103.4 MbIGF1: 102,395,874–102,481,857, reverse strandIGF1PAH: 102,836,889–102,958,410, reverse strandPAHASCL1: 102,957,674–102,960,513, forward strandASCL1C12orf42: 103,237,591–103,501,754, reverse strandC12orf42Diagram of ASCL1: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 12Exon 1: 102,957,674–102,959,002, 1,329 basesExon 2: 102,959,362–102,960,513, 1,152 bases125′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 2.5 kb of the gene's 2.8 kb; 711 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.). ASCL1 gene: achaete-scute family bHLH transcription factor 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ascl1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ASCL1 gene: achaete-scute family bHLH transcription factor 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ascl1

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