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Gene

ERVW-1

endogenous retrovirus group W member 1, envelope

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7q21.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 92,468,380–92,477,946 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 9.6 kb
Protein
538 amino acids
Also known as
HERV-W, HERV-W-ENV, HERVW, HERV-7q, envW
Previous symbols
ERVWE1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000603053.2NM_001130925.2
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 ERVW-1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where ERVW-1 sits. ERVW-1 and 13 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 91,973,163 to 92,973,162.Chromosome 77q21.2p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.392 Mb92.2 Mb92.4 Mb92.6 Mb92.8 MbAKAP9: 91,940,837–92,112,177, forward strandAKAP9CYP51A1: 92,084,502–92,134,803, reverse strand: 92,112,159–92,179,511, reverse strand: 92,112,176–92,245,924, reverse strandLRRD1: 92,141,643–92,179,531, reverse strandLRRD1: 92,144,723–92,245,943, reverse strandKRIT1: 92,197,498–92,246,166, reverse strandKRIT1ANKIB1: 92,245,960–92,402,070, forward strandANKIB1GATAD1: 92,447,448–92,460,075, forward strandGATAD1ERVW-1: 92,468,380–92,477,946, reverse strandERVW-1PEX1: 92,487,020–92,528,663, reverse strandPEX1RBM48: 92,528,770–92,540,481, forward strandRBM48FAM133B: 92,560,654–92,590,417, reverse strandFAM133BCDK6: 92,604,921–92,837,004, reverse strandCDK6Diagram of ERVW-1: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 7Exon 2: 92,468,380–92,470,608, 2,229 basesExon 1: 92,477,382–92,477,946, 565 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 2.8 kb of the gene's 9.6 kb; 1,617 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.). ERVW-1 gene: endogenous retrovirus group W member 1, envelope. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ervw-1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ERVW-1 gene: endogenous retrovirus group W member 1, envelope [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ervw-1

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