Gene
PCDHB1
protocadherin beta 1
- HGNC 8680↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000171815↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 29930↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 5q31.3
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 5: 141,051,374–141,059,346 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 1 exon across 8 kb
- Protein
- 818 amino acids
- Also known as
- PCDH-BETA1
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000306549.6NM_013340.4
- Locus type
- complex locus constituent
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How PCDHB1 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 8 kb of the gene's 8 kb; 2,457 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). PCDHB1 gene: protocadherin beta 1. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pcdhb1
Dante Labs. PCDHB1 gene: protocadherin beta 1 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pcdhb1
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