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Gene

FOXO1

forkhead box O1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
13q14.11
Coordinates
Chromosome 13: 40,555,667–40,666,641 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 111 kb
Protein
655 amino acids
Also known as
FKH1
Previous symbols
FKHR, FOXO1A
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000379561.6NM_002015.4
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 FOXO1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How FOXO1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 13, with a bracket where FOXO1 sits. FOXO1 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 13, from 40,111,154 to 41,111,153.Chromosome 1313q14.11p13p12p11.2p11.1q11q12.11q12.12q12.13q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.11q14.12q14.13q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q3440.2 Mb40.4 Mb40.6 Mb40.8 Mb41 MbFOXO1: 40,555,667–40,666,641, reverse strandFOXO1MRPS31: 40,727,694–40,771,351, reverse strandMRPS31SLC25A15: 40,789,409–40,812,460, forward strandSLC25A15ELF1: 40,931,241–41,061,692, reverse strandELF1WBP4: 41,060,607–41,084,012, forward strandWBP4Diagram of FOXO1: 3 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 13Exon 3: 40,555,667–40,559,034, 3,368 basesExon 2: 40,559,509–40,560,860, 1,352 basesExon 1: 40,665,583–40,666,641, 1,059 bases3215′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 5.8 kb of the gene's 111 kb; 1,968 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.). FOXO1 gene: forkhead box O1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/foxo1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FOXO1 gene: forkhead box O1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/foxo1

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