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Gene

CBX1

chromobox 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q21.32
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 48,070,059–48,101,478 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 31.4 kb
Protein
185 amino acids
Also known as
HP1Hs-beta, M31, MOD1, CBX, HP1-BETA, Hp1beta
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000225603.9NM_001127228.2
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 CBX1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CBX1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where CBX1 sits. CBX1 and 21 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 47,585,769 to 48,585,768.Chromosome 1717q21.32p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.347.6 Mb47.8 Mb48 Mb48.2 Mb48.4 MbNPEPPS: 47,522,942–47,624,707, forward strandNPEPPSKPNB1: 47,649,476–47,685,505, forward strandKPNB1TBKBP1: 47,694,030–47,712,063, forward strandTBKBP1TBX21: 47,733,236–47,746,126, forward strandTBX21OSBPL7: 47,807,363–47,821,890, reverse strandMRPL10: 47,823,272–47,831,545, reverse strandMRPL10LRRC46: 47,831,634–47,837,719, forward strandLRRC46SCRN2: 47,837,683–47,842,125, reverse strandSCRN2SP6: 47,844,908–47,855,874, reverse strandSP6SP2: 47,896,150–47,928,964, forward strandSP2PNPO: 47,941,506–47,964,354, forward strandPNPOPRR15L: 47,950,851–47,960,483, reverse strandPRR15LCDK5RAP3: 47,967,810–47,981,787, forward strandCDK5RAP3COPZ2: 48,026,142–48,038,030, reverse strandCOPZ2NFE2L1: 48,047,889–48,088,647, forward strandNFE2L1CBX1: 48,070,059–48,101,478, reverse strandCBX1SNX11: 48,103,357–48,128,226, forward strandSNX11SKAP1: 48,133,433–48,430,275, reverse strandSKAP1HOXB1: 48,528,526–48,531,011, reverse strandHOXB1HOXB2: 48,540,894–48,545,115, reverse strandHOXB2HOXB3: 48,548,870–48,604,912, reverse strandHOXB3HOXB4: 48,575,507–48,578,429, reverse strandHOXB4Diagram of CBX1: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 17Exon 5: 48,070,059–48,071,579, 1,521 basesExon 4: 48,075,006–48,075,100, 95 basesExon 3: 48,076,001–48,076,178, 178 basesExon 2: 48,076,865–48,077,041, 177 basesExon 1: 48,101,268–48,101,478, 211 bases543215′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 2.2 kb of the gene's 31.4 kb; 558 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.). CBX1 gene: chromobox 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cbx1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CBX1 gene: chromobox 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cbx1

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