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Gene

CHAF1B

chromatin assembly factor 1 subunit B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
21q22.12-q22.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 21: 36,385,392–36,419,015 (GRCh38)
Exons
14 exons across 33.6 kb
Protein
559 amino acids
Also known as
CAF1P60, CAF-1, CAF1, CAF1A, MPP7, MPHOSPH7
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000314103.6NM_005441.3
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 CHAF1B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 21, with a bracket where CHAF1B sits. CHAF1B and 9 genes near it on chromosome 21, from 35,902,204 to 36,902,203.Chromosome 2121q22.12-q22.13p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.11q22.12q22.13q22.2q22.336 Mb36.2 Mb36.4 Mb36.6 Mb36.8 MbRUNX1: 34,787,801–36,004,667, reverse strandRUNX1SETD4: 36,034,534–36,079,389, reverse strandSETD4CBR1: 36,069,847–36,073,166, forward strandCBR1CBR3: 36,135,042–36,146,569, forward strandCBR3DOP1B: 36,156,758–36,294,275, forward strandDOP1BMORC3: 36,320,180–36,386,148, forward strandMORC3CHAF1B: 36,385,392–36,419,015, forward strandCHAF1BCLDN14: 36,460,616–36,576,569, reverse strandCLDN14SIM2: 36,699,104–36,751,135, forward strandSIM2HLCS: 36,748,626–36,990,236, reverse strandHLCSDiagram of CHAF1B: 14 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 21Exon 1: 36,385,392–36,385,451, 60 basesExon 2: 36,386,060–36,386,262, 203 basesExon 3: 36,387,598–36,387,730, 133 basesExon 4: 36,391,551–36,391,668, 118 basesExon 5: 36,394,547–36,394,650, 104 basesExon 6: 36,397,415–36,397,511, 97 basesExon 7: 36,399,521–36,399,605, 85 basesExon 8: 36,402,758–36,402,851, 94 basesExon 9: 36,408,761–36,408,830, 70 basesExon 10: 36,409,374–36,409,465, 92 basesExon 11: 36,411,463–36,411,604, 142 basesExon 12: 36,412,884–36,413,315, 432 basesExon 13: 36,415,295–36,415,389, 95 basesExon 14: 36,416,275–36,419,015, 2,741 bases124681012145′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 4.5 kb of the gene's 33.6 kb; 1,680 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.). CHAF1B gene: chromatin assembly factor 1 subunit B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/chaf1b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CHAF1B gene: chromatin assembly factor 1 subunit B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/chaf1b

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