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Gene

CHIC1

cysteine rich hydrophobic domain 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xq13.2
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 73,563,197–73,687,111 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 123.9 kb
Protein
224 amino acids
Also known as
BRX
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000373502.10NM_001039840.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads CHIC1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CHIC1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where CHIC1 sits. CHIC1 and 2 genes near it on chromosome X, from 73,125,154 to 74,125,153.Chromosome XXq13.2p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q2873.2 Mb73.4 Mb73.6 Mb73.8 Mb74 MbNAP1L2: 73,212,299–73,215,239, reverse strandNAP1L2CDX4: 73,447,053–73,455,171, forward strandCDX4CHIC1: 73,563,197–73,687,111, forward strandCHIC1Diagram of CHIC1: 6 exons on the forward strand of chromosome XExon 1: 73,563,197–73,563,580, 384 basesExon 2: 73,577,407–73,577,461, 55 basesExon 3: 73,584,417–73,584,572, 156 basesExon 4: 73,679,326–73,679,382, 57 basesExon 5: 73,679,654–73,679,713, 60 basesExon 6: 73,680,955–73,687,111, 6,157 bases12465′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 6.9 kb of the gene's 123.9 kb; 675 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). CHIC1 gene: cysteine rich hydrophobic domain 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/chic1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CHIC1 gene: cysteine rich hydrophobic domain 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/chic1

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