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Gene

OXTR

oxytocin receptor

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3p25.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 8,750,381–8,769,613 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 19.2 kb
Protein
389 amino acids
Also known as
OTR
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000316793.8NM_000916.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads OXTR yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How OXTR is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where OXTR sits. OXTR and 5 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 8,259,997 to 9,259,996.Chromosome 33p25.3p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q298.4 Mb8.6 Mb8.8 Mb9 Mb9.2 MbLMCD1: 8,501,587–8,574,668, forward strandLMCD1SSUH2: 8,619,386–8,745,040, reverse strandSSUH2CAV3: 8,733,781–8,841,808, forward strandCAV3OXTR: 8,750,381–8,769,613, reverse strandOXTRRAD18: 8,775,402–8,963,773, reverse strandRAD18SRGAP3: 8,980,591–9,363,053, reverse strandSRGAP3Diagram of OXTR: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 3Exon 4: 8,750,381–8,753,224, 2,844 basesExon 3: 8,767,266–8,768,329, 1,064 basesExon 2: 8,768,496–8,768,591, 96 basesExon 1: 8,769,231–8,769,613, 383 bases43215′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 4.4 kb of the gene's 19.2 kb; 1,170 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.). OXTR gene: oxytocin receptor. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/oxtr

Vancouver

Dante Labs. OXTR gene: oxytocin receptor [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/oxtr

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