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Gene

GCNT1

glucosaminyl (N-acetyl) transferase 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
9q21.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 9: 76,459,182–76,507,416 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 48.2 kb
Protein
428 amino acids
Also known as
C2GNT, NAGCT2
Previous symbols
NACGT2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000376730.5NM_001490.5
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 GCNT1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How GCNT1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 9, with a bracket where GCNT1 sits. GCNT1 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 9, from 75,983,299 to 76,983,298.Chromosome 99q21.13p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q13q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34.11q34.12q34.13q34.2q34.376 Mb76.2 Mb76.4 Mb76.6 Mb76.8 MbPCSK5: 75,890,639–76,362,975, forward strandPCSK5RFK: 76,385,517–76,394,536, reverse strandRFKGCNT1: 76,459,182–76,507,416, forward strandGCNT1PRUNE2: 76,611,376–76,906,591, reverse strandPRUNE2Diagram of GCNT1: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 9Exon 1: 76,459,182–76,459,305, 124 basesExon 2: 76,460,060–76,460,177, 118 basesExon 3: 76,500,916–76,501,061, 146 basesExon 4: 76,502,239–76,507,416, 5,178 bases12345′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 5.6 kb of the gene's 48.2 kb; 1,287 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.). GCNT1 gene: glucosaminyl (N-acetyl) transferase 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/gcnt1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GCNT1 gene: glucosaminyl (N-acetyl) transferase 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/gcnt1

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