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Gene

GALNT1

polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
18q12.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 18: 35,581,740–35,711,834 (GRCh38)
Exons
12 exons across 130.1 kb
Protein
559 amino acids
Also known as
GalNAc-T1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000269195.6NM_020474.4
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 GALNT1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 18, with a bracket where GALNT1 sits. GALNT1 and 10 genes near it on chromosome 18, from 35,146,787 to 36,146,786.Chromosome 1818q12.2p11.32p11.31p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q2335.2 Mb35.4 Mb35.6 Mb35.8 Mb36 MbZNF397: 35,240,508–35,267,133, forward strandZNF397ZSCAN30: 35,251,058–35,290,268, reverse strandZSCAN30ZNF24: 35,332,227–35,345,502, reverse strandZNF24ZNF396: 35,366,694–35,381,746, reverse strandZNF396: 35,443,871–35,497,940, reverse strandINO80C: 35,452,230–35,498,044, reverse strandINO80CGALNT1: 35,581,740–35,711,834, forward strandGALNT1RMP24: 35,972,600–36,010,346, forward strandRMP24RPRD1A: 35,982,919–36,067,651, reverse strandRPRD1ASLC39A6: 36,108,531–36,129,827, reverse strandSLC39A6ELP2: 36,129,444–36,180,557, forward strandELP2Diagram of GALNT1: 12 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 18Exon 1: 35,581,740–35,581,862, 123 basesExon 2: 35,654,560–35,654,801, 242 basesExon 3: 35,663,628–35,663,802, 175 basesExon 4: 35,677,591–35,677,757, 167 basesExon 5: 35,683,391–35,683,598, 208 basesExon 6: 35,687,016–35,687,186, 171 basesExon 7: 35,689,173–35,689,290, 118 basesExon 8: 35,691,012–35,691,192, 181 basesExon 9: 35,692,181–35,692,320, 140 basesExon 10: 35,702,897–35,702,995, 99 basesExon 11: 35,703,509–35,703,643, 135 basesExon 12: 35,709,624–35,711,834, 2,211 bases1246810125′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 4 kb of the gene's 130.1 kb; 1,680 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.). GALNT1 gene: polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/galnt1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GALNT1 gene: polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/galnt1

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