Gene
CYB5R1
cytochrome b5 reductase 1
- HGNC 13397↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000159348↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 51706↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 1q32.1
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 1: 202,961,873–202,967,257 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 9 exons across 5.4 kb
- Protein
- 305 amino acids
- Also known as
- humb5R2
- Previous symbols
- NQO3A2
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000367249.9NM_016243.3
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
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How CYB5R1 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
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 1.6 kb of the gene's 5.4 kb; 918 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). CYB5R1 gene: cytochrome b5 reductase 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cyb5r1
Dante Labs. CYB5R1 gene: cytochrome b5 reductase 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cyb5r1
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