Gene
CACNB1
calcium voltage-gated channel auxiliary subunit beta 1
- HGNC 1401↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000067191↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 782↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 17q12
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 17: 39,173,453–39,197,669 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 14 exons across 24.2 kb
- Protein
- 598 amino acids
- Previous symbols
- CACNLB1
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000394303.8NM_000723.5
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How CACNB1 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 3.7 kb of the gene's 24.2 kb; 1,797 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). CACNB1 gene: calcium voltage-gated channel auxiliary subunit beta 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cacnb1
Dante Labs. CACNB1 gene: calcium voltage-gated channel auxiliary subunit beta 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cacnb1
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