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Gene

BHMT

betaine--homocysteine S-methyltransferase

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q14.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 79,111,809–79,132,288 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 20.5 kb
Protein
406 amino acids
Also known as
BHMT1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000274353.10NM_001713.3
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 BHMT is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where BHMT sits. BHMT and 7 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 78,622,049 to 79,622,048.Chromosome 55q14.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.378.8 Mb79 Mb79.2 Mb79.4 Mb79.6 MbLHFPL2: 78,482,020–78,770,021, reverse strandLHFPL2ARSB: 78,777,209–78,986,087, reverse strandARSBDMGDH: 78,996,960–79,236,038, reverse strandDMGDHBHMT2: 79,069,542–79,090,084, forward strandBHMT2BHMT: 79,111,809–79,132,288, forward strandBHMTJMY: 79,236,095–79,327,215, forward strandJMYHOMER1: 79,372,124–79,514,573, reverse strandHOMER1TENT2: 79,611,811–79,688,246, forward strandTENT2Diagram of BHMT: 8 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 5Exon 1: 79,111,809–79,111,918, 110 basesExon 2: 79,115,767–79,115,899, 133 basesExon 3: 79,119,259–79,119,377, 119 basesExon 4: 79,120,350–79,120,541, 192 basesExon 5: 79,121,218–79,121,365, 148 basesExon 6: 79,126,046–79,126,228, 183 basesExon 7: 79,127,755–79,127,983, 229 basesExon 8: 79,130,933–79,132,288, 1,356 bases123456785′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 20.5 kb; 1,221 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.). BHMT gene: betaine--homocysteine S-methyltransferase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/bhmt

Vancouver

Dante Labs. BHMT gene: betaine--homocysteine S-methyltransferase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/bhmt

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