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Gene

GPX1

glutathione peroxidase 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3p21.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 49,357,176–49,358,353 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 1.2 kb
Protein
203 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000419783.3NM_000581.4
Locus type
gene with protein product

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 GPX1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How GPX1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where GPX1 sits. GPX1 and 37 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 48,857,765 to 49,857,764.Chromosome 33p21.31p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q2949 Mb49.2 Mb49.4 Mb49.6 Mb49.8 MbSLC25A20: 48,856,926–48,898,993, reverse strandSLC25A20ARIH2: 48,918,217–48,986,382, forward strandARIH2P4HTM: 48,989,858–49,007,153, forward strandWDR6: 49,007,062–49,015,953, forward strandDALRD3: 49,015,474–49,022,293, reverse strandNDUFAF3: 49,020,459–49,027,593, forward strandNDUFAF3IMPDH2: 49,024,315–49,029,452, reverse strandIMPDH2: 49,024,345–49,094,071, reverse strandQRICH1: 49,029,700–49,094,545, reverse strandQRICH1QARS1: 49,095,932–49,105,130, reverse strandQARS1USP19: 49,105,758–49,120,940, reverse strandUSP19LAMB2: 49,121,113–49,133,118, reverse strandLAMB2CCDC71: 49,161,063–49,166,357, reverse strandCCDC71KLHDC8B: 49,171,239–49,176,487, forward strandKLHDC8BCIMIP7: 49,177,634–49,191,858, reverse strandCIMIP7IHO1: 49,198,428–49,277,629, forward strandIHO1C3orf62: 49,268,596–49,277,236, reverse strandC3orf62USP4: 49,277,144–49,340,712, reverse strandUSP4GPX1: 49,357,176–49,358,353, reverse strandGPX1: 49,357,176–49,412,051, reverse strandRHOA: 49,359,136–49,412,998, reverse strandRHOATCTA: 49,412,212–49,455,826, forward strandAMT: 49,416,771–49,422,685, reverse strandAMT: 49,416,777–49,429,314, reverse strandNICN1: 49,422,333–49,429,331, reverse strandDAG1: 49,468,649–49,535,624, forward strandDAG1BSN: 49,554,477–49,671,549, forward strandBSNAPEH: 49,673,818–49,683,973, forward strandAPEHMST1: 49,683,922–49,689,501, reverse strandMST1RNF123: 49,688,740–49,723,389, forward strandRNF123AMIGO3: 49,716,829–49,719,684, reverse strandAMIGO3GMPPB: 49,716,844–49,723,988, reverse strandIP6K1: 49,724,294–49,786,557, reverse strandIP6K1CDHR4: 49,790,732–49,799,879, reverse strandCDHR4INKA1: 49,803,228–49,805,237, forward strandINKA1UBA7: 49,805,205–49,814,151, reverse strandUBA7TRAIP: 49,828,595–49,856,597, reverse strandTRAIPCAMKV: 49,857,214–49,870,064, reverse strandCAMKVDiagram of GPX1: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 3Exon 2: 49,357,176–49,357,747, 572 basesExon 1: 49,358,027–49,358,353, 327 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 0.9 kb of the gene's 1.2 kb; 612 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.). GPX1 gene: glutathione peroxidase 1. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/gpx1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GPX1 gene: glutathione peroxidase 1 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/gpx1

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