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Gene

FAAH

fatty acid amide hydrolase

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p33
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 46,394,317–46,413,845 (GRCh38)
Exons
15 exons across 19.5 kb
Protein
579 amino acids
Also known as
FAAH-1, FAAH1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000243167.9NM_001441.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How FAAH is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Known disease-causing sites
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where FAAH sits. FAAH and 20 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 45,904,081 to 46,904,080.Chromosome 11p33p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q4446 Mb46.2 Mb46.4 Mb46.6 Mb46.8 MbMAST2: 45,786,987–46,036,228, forward strandMAST2PIK3R3: 46,040,140–46,133,346, reverse strandPIK3R3P3R3URF-PIK3R3: 46,043,661–46,176,488, reverse strandP3R3URF-PIK3R3P3R3URF: 46,171,017–46,176,488, reverse strandP3R3URFTSPAN1: 46,173,780–46,196,490, forward strandTSPAN1POMGNT1: 46,188,681–46,220,305, reverse strandPOMGNT1LURAP1: 46,203,191–46,223,718, forward strandLURAP1RAD54L: 46,246,461–46,282,459, forward strandRAD54LLRRC41: 46,261,195–46,303,630, reverse strandLRRC41UQCRH: 46,300,900–46,334,910, forward strandUQCRHNSUN4: 46,340,691–46,369,218, forward strandNSUN4FAAH: 46,394,317–46,413,845, forward strandFAAHDMBX1: 46,489,822–46,516,218, forward strandDMBX1TMEM275: 46,532,166–46,544,566, reverse strandTMEM275KNCN: 46,545,641–46,551,647, reverse strandKNCNMKNK1: 46,557,407–46,616,850, reverse strandMKNK1MOB3C: 46,607,707–46,616,889, reverse strandMOB3CATPAF1: 46,632,071–46,673,867, reverse strandATPAF1TEX38: 46,668,855–46,673,595, forward strandTEX38EFCAB14: 46,674,659–46,719,146, reverse strandEFCAB14CYP4B1: 46,757,838–46,870,221, forward strandCYP4B1Diagram of FAAH: 15 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 1Exon 4: 1 known disease-causing siteExon 1: 46,394,317–46,394,543, 227 basesExon 2: 46,402,091–46,402,204, 114 basesExon 3: 46,405,014–46,405,148, 135 basesExon 4: 46,405,372–46,405,505, 134 basesExon 5: 46,405,588–46,405,794, 207 basesExon 6: 46,406,038–46,406,078, 41 basesExon 7: 46,406,244–46,406,368, 125 basesExon 8: 46,408,459–46,408,584, 126 basesExon 9: 46,409,101–46,409,198, 98 basesExon 10: 46,410,398–46,410,497, 100 basesExon 11: 46,410,814–46,410,854, 41 basesExon 12: 46,411,612–46,411,651, 40 basesExon 13: 46,412,143–46,412,251, 109 basesExon 14: 46,413,075–46,413,220, 146 basesExon 15: 46,413,447–46,413,845, 399 bases12468101214155′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 kb of the gene's 19.5 kb; 1,740 of those bases code for the protein.

How a genome test reads FAAH

1

position in FAAH where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic

None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.

A whole genome covers all 19.5 kb of FAAH, introns included, not only the 2 kb of exons.

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.
  • ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
  • Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). FAAH gene: fatty acid amide hydrolase. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/faah

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FAAH gene: fatty acid amide hydrolase [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/faah

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