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Gene

CHIT1

chitinase 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1q32.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 203,216,079–203,229,673 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 13.6 kb
Protein
466 amino acids
Also known as
CHIT, CHI3
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000367229.6NM_003465.3
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads CHIT1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CHIT1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where CHIT1 sits. CHIT1 and 16 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 202,722,876 to 203,722,875.Chromosome 11q32.1p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q44202.8 Mb203 Mb203.2 Mb203.4 Mb203.6 MbKDM5B: 202,724,495–202,808,526, reverse strandKDM5BRABIF: 202,876,229–202,889,227, reverse strandRABIFKLHL12: 202,890,852–202,928,636, reverse strandKLHL12ADIPOR1: 202,940,090–202,958,779, reverse strandADIPOR1CYB5R1: 202,961,118–202,967,287, reverse strandCYB5R1TMEM183A: 203,006,598–203,025,368, forward strandTMEM183APPFIA4: 203,026,470–203,078,740, forward strandPPFIA4MYOG: 203,083,129–203,086,050, reverse strandMYOGADORA1: 203,090,654–203,167,407, forward strandADORA1MYBPH: 203,167,811–203,175,880, reverse strandMYBPHCHI3L1: 203,176,896–203,186,800, reverse strandCHI3L1CHIT1: 203,216,079–203,229,673, reverse strandCHIT1BTG2: 203,305,491–203,311,424, forward strandBTG2FMOD: 203,340,441–203,351,758, reverse strandFMODPRELP: 203,475,760–203,491,352, forward strandPRELPOPTC: 203,494,118–203,509,238, forward strandOPTCATP2B4: 203,626,664–203,744,081, forward strandATP2B4Diagram of CHIT1: 11 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 1Exon 11: 203,216,079–203,217,133, 1,055 basesExon 10: 203,217,739–203,217,865, 127 basesExon 9: 203,219,216–203,219,329, 114 basesExon 8: 203,219,664–203,219,849, 186 basesExon 7: 203,222,202–203,222,325, 124 basesExon 6: 203,223,135–203,223,259, 125 basesExon 5: 203,223,495–203,223,660, 166 basesExon 4: 203,225,048–203,225,104, 57 basesExon 3: 203,225,669–203,225,870, 202 basesExon 2: 203,228,533–203,228,562, 30 basesExon 1: 203,229,612–203,229,673, 62 bases11109876543215′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 13.6 kb; 1,401 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.). CHIT1 gene: chitinase 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/chit1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CHIT1 gene: chitinase 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/chit1

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