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Gene

NLGN1

neuroligin 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3q26.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 173,397,744–174,294,372 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 896.6 kb
Protein
843 amino acids
Also known as
KIAA1070, NLG1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000695368.1NM_001365925.2
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 NLGN1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where NLGN1 sits. NLGN1 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 172,501,115 to 175,191,001.Chromosome 33q26.31p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q29173 Mb173.5 Mb174 Mb174.5 Mb175 MbTNFSF10: 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 strandSPATA16NLGN1: 173,397,744–174,294,372, forward strandNLGN1NAALADL2: 174,438,573–175,810,548, forward strandNAALADL2Diagram of NLGN1: 7 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 3Exon 1: 173,397,744–173,398,063, 320 basesExon 2: 173,604,279–173,605,091, 813 basesExon 3: 173,605,534–173,605,593, 60 basesExon 4: 173,807,680–173,807,832, 153 basesExon 5: 174,275,315–174,275,527, 213 basesExon 6: 174,278,861–174,279,650, 790 basesExon 7: 174,280,481–174,294,372, 13,892 bases175′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 16.2 kb of the gene's 896.6 kb; 2,532 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.). NLGN1 gene: neuroligin 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nlgn1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NLGN1 gene: neuroligin 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nlgn1

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