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Gene

CRH

corticotropin releasing hormone

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q13.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 66,176,376–66,178,464 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 2.1 kb
Protein
196 amino acids
Also known as
CRF, CRH1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000276571.5NM_000756.4
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 CRH is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where CRH sits. CRH and 12 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 65,677,420 to 66,677,419.Chromosome 88q13.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.365.8 Mb66 Mb66.2 Mb66.4 Mb66.6 MbMTFR1: 65,643,876–65,800,600, forward strandMTFR1PDE7A: 65,714,334–65,842,573, reverse strandPDE7ADNAJC5B: 66,021,524–66,102,960, forward strandDNAJC5BTRIM55: 66,126,872–66,175,750, forward strandTRIM55CRH: 66,176,376–66,178,464, reverse strandCRHRRS1: 66,429,014–66,430,733, forward strandRRS1: 66,430,185–66,445,324, forward strandADHFE1: 66,432,459–66,470,469, forward strandADHFE1: 66,432,486–66,518,524, forward strandVXN: 66,492,326–66,518,524, forward strandVXNMYBL1: 66,562,175–66,614,247, reverse strandMYBL1VCPIP1: 66,628,487–66,667,263, reverse strandVCPIP1C8orf44-SGK3: 66,667,596–66,860,472, forward strandC8orf44-SGK3Diagram of CRH: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 2: 66,176,376–66,177,491, 1,116 basesExon 1: 66,178,293–66,178,464, 172 bases215′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 1.3 kb of the gene's 2.1 kb; 591 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). CRH gene: corticotropin releasing hormone. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/crh

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CRH gene: corticotropin releasing hormone [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/crh

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