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Gene

GHSR

growth hormone secretagogue receptor

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3q26.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 172,443,291–172,448,456 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 5.2 kb
Protein
366 amino acids
Also known as
GHS-R1a, GHS-R, GHSR-1a
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000241256.3NM_198407.2
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 report relevant to this gene

How GHSR is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Known disease-causing sites
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where GHSR sits. GHSR and 5 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 171,945,874 to 172,945,873.Chromosome 33q26.31p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q29172 Mb172.2 Mb172.4 Mb172.6 Mb172.8 MbFNDC3B: 172,039,547–172,405,418, forward strandFNDC3BGHSR: 172,443,291–172,448,456, reverse strandGHSRTNFSF10: 172,505,503–172,523,529, reverse strandTNFSF10NCEH1: 172,630,249–172,711,218, reverse strandNCEH1ECT2: 172,750,682–172,821,474, forward strandECT2SPATA16: 172,889,357–173,141,235, reverse strandSPATA16Diagram of GHSR: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 3Exon 1: 2 known disease-causing sitesExon 2: 172,443,291–172,445,465, 2,175 basesExon 1: 172,447,618–172,448,456, 839 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 3 kb of the gene's 5.2 kb; 1,101 of those bases code for the protein.

How a genome test reads GHSR

2

positions in GHSR 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 5.2 kb of GHSR, introns included, not only the 3 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.
  • GenCC and ClinGen, released 2026-10-16: which conditions the gene is linked to, and how strongly.
  • The ACMG secondary findings list, SF v3.2.
  • ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
  • Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). GHSR gene: growth hormone secretagogue receptor. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ghsr

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GHSR gene: growth hormone secretagogue receptor [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ghsr

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