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Gene

CORT

cortistatin

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p36.22
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 10,450,031–10,451,998 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 2 kb
Protein
105 amino acids
Also known as
MGC32686, SST2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000377049.4NM_001302.5
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 CORT is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where CORT sits. CORT and 11 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 9,951,015 to 10,951,014.Chromosome 11p36.22p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q4410 Mb10.2 Mb10.4 Mb10.6 Mb10.8 MbNMNAT1: 9,943,428–9,996,898, forward strandNMNAT1RBP7: 9,997,050–10,016,022, forward strandRBP7UBE4B: 10,032,832–10,181,244, forward strandUBE4BKIF1B: 10,210,481–10,381,606, forward strandKIF1BPGD: 10,398,592–10,420,511, forward strandPGDCENPS-CORT: 10,430,102–10,452,153, forward strandCENPS-CORTCENPS: 10,430,390–10,442,813, forward strandCENPSCORT: 10,450,031–10,451,998, forward strandCORTDFFA: 10,456,522–10,472,582, reverse strandDFFAPEX14: 10,472,288–10,630,758, forward strandPEX14CASZ1: 10,636,601–10,796,658, reverse strandCASZ1CIROZ: 10,946,471–10,982,076, reverse strandCIROZDiagram of CORT: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 1Exon 1: 10,450,031–10,450,322, 292 basesExon 2: 10,451,377–10,451,998, 622 bases125′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 0.9 kb of the gene's 2 kb; 318 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.). CORT gene: cortistatin. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cort

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CORT gene: cortistatin [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cort

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