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Gene

BEX1

brain expressed X-linked 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xq22.1
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 103,062,651–103,064,171 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 1.5 kb
Protein
125 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000372728.4NM_018476.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How BEX1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where BEX1 sits. BEX1 and 15 genes near it on chromosome X, from 102,563,411 to 103,563,410.Chromosome XXq22.1p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q28102.6 Mb102.8 Mb103 Mb103.2 Mb103.4 MbARMCX5: 102,599,168–102,604,159, forward strandARMCX5GPRASP1: 102,650,345–102,659,083, forward strandGPRASP1GPRASP2: 102,712,056–102,718,761, forward strandGPRASP2ARMCX5-GPRASP2: 102,712,495–102,753,530, forward strandARMCX5-GPRASP2GPRASP3: 102,720,688–102,753,540, forward strandGPRASP3RAB40AL: 102,937,272–102,938,300, forward strandRAB40ALBEX1: 103,062,651–103,064,171, reverse strandBEX1NXF3: 103,074,798–103,093,143, reverse strandNXF3BEX4: 103,215,068–103,217,931, forward strandBEX4TCEAL8: 103,249,397–103,255,207, reverse strandTCEAL8TCEAL5: 103,273,689–103,277,004, reverse strandTCEAL5BEX2: 103,309,345–103,311,298, reverse strandBEX2TCEAL7: 103,310,446–103,332,332, forward strandTCEAL7TCEAL9: 103,356,162–103,358,696, forward strandTCEAL9BEX3: 103,375,818–103,380,937, forward strandBEX3RAB40A: 103,496,510–103,526,752, reverse strandRAB40ADiagram of BEX1: 3 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome XExon 3: 103,062,651–103,063,279, 629 basesExon 2: 103,063,642–103,063,731, 90 basesExon 1: 103,064,096–103,064,171, 76 bases3215′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 0.8 kb of the gene's 1.5 kb; 378 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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). BEX1 gene: brain expressed X-linked 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/bex1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. BEX1 gene: brain expressed X-linked 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/bex1

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