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Gene

MGST1

microsomal glutathione S-transferase 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12p12.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 16,347,645–16,364,410 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 16.8 kb
Protein
155 amino acids
Also known as
MGST-I, PMAN
Previous symbols
GST12
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000396210.8NM_020300.5
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 MGST1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MGST1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where MGST1 sits. MGST1 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 15,856,028 to 16,856,027.Chromosome 1212p12.3p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3316 Mb16.2 Mb16.4 Mb16.6 Mb16.8 MbEPS8: 15,617,906–15,882,330, reverse strandEPS8STRAP: 15,882,000–15,904,448, forward strandSTRAPDERA: 15,911,220–16,037,381, forward strandDERASLC15A5: 16,188,485–16,277,685, reverse strandSLC15A5MGST1: 16,347,645–16,364,410, forward strandMGST1LMO3: 16,547,747–16,613,168, reverse strandLMO3Diagram of MGST1: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 12Exon 1: 16,347,645–16,347,710, 66 basesExon 2: 16,354,231–16,354,378, 148 basesExon 3: 16,357,605–16,357,699, 95 basesExon 4: 16,363,795–16,364,410, 616 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 0.9 kb of the gene's 16.8 kb; 468 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.). MGST1 gene: microsomal glutathione S-transferase 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mgst1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MGST1 gene: microsomal glutathione S-transferase 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mgst1

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