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Gene

NMT1

N-myristoyltransferase 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q21.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 45,061,317–45,109,016 (GRCh38)
Exons
12 exons across 47.7 kb
Protein
496 amino acids
Also known as
NMT
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000258960.7NM_021079.5
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 NMT1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where NMT1 sits. NMT1 and 22 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 44,585,167 to 45,585,166.Chromosome 1717q21.31p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.344.6 Mb44.8 Mb45 Mb45.2 Mb45.4 MbMEIOC: 44,656,363–44,690,308, forward strandMEIOCCCDC43: 44,671,063–44,689,831, reverse strandCCDC43DBF4B: 44,708,595–44,752,269, forward strandDBF4BADAM11: 44,758,962–44,781,846, forward strandADAM11GJC1: 44,798,448–44,831,496, reverse strandGJC1HIGD1B: 44,844,763–44,850,480, forward strandHIGD1BEFTUD2: 44,849,948–44,899,629, reverse strandEFTUD2DNAAF19: 44,889,234–44,905,390, forward strandDNAAF19GFAP: 44,903,159–44,916,937, reverse strandGFAPFAM187A: 44,903,433–44,905,390, forward strandFAM187AKIF18B: 44,924,707–44,947,781, reverse strandKIF18BC1QL1: 44,958,933–44,968,369, reverse strandC1QL1DCAKD: 45,023,338–45,061,137, reverse strandDCAKDNMT1: 45,061,317–45,109,016, forward strandNMT1PLCD3: 45,108,959–45,133,354, reverse strandPLCD3ACBD4: 45,132,597–45,144,181, forward strandACBD4HEXIM1: 45,148,475–45,152,099, forward strandHEXIM1HEXIM2: 45,160,695–45,170,701, forward strandHEXIM2FMNL1: 45,220,736–45,247,319, forward strandFMNL1SPATA32: 45,254,388–45,262,116, reverse strandSPATA32MAP3K14: 45,263,119–45,317,112, reverse strandMAP3K14ARHGAP27: 45,393,898–45,434,421, reverse strandARHGAP27PLEKHM1: 45,435,900–45,490,986, reverse strandPLEKHM1Diagram of NMT1: 12 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 17Exon 1: 45,061,317–45,061,460, 144 basesExon 2: 45,081,644–45,081,752, 109 basesExon 3: 45,086,508–45,086,652, 145 basesExon 4: 45,093,685–45,093,803, 119 basesExon 5: 45,096,194–45,096,285, 92 basesExon 6: 45,097,128–45,097,244, 117 basesExon 7: 45,098,382–45,098,552, 171 basesExon 8: 45,099,405–45,099,513, 109 basesExon 9: 45,102,951–45,103,121, 171 basesExon 10: 45,103,709–45,103,876, 168 basesExon 11: 45,104,859–45,104,996, 138 basesExon 12: 45,105,619–45,109,016, 3,398 bases1246810125′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 4.9 kb of the gene's 47.7 kb; 1,491 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.). NMT1 gene: N-myristoyltransferase 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nmt1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NMT1 gene: N-myristoyltransferase 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nmt1

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