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Gene

PDCD1

programmed cell death 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2q37.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 241,849,884–241,858,894 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 9 kb
Protein
288 amino acids
Also known as
CD279, PD1, hSLE1, PD-1
Previous symbols
SLEB2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000334409.10NM_005018.3
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 PDCD1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PDCD1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where PDCD1 sits. PDCD1 and 12 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 241,354,389 to 242,354,388.Chromosome 22q37.3p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.3241.4 Mb241.6 Mb241.8 Mb242 Mb242.2 MbFARP2: 241,356,244–241,494,847, forward strandFARP2STK25: 241,482,075–241,509,730, reverse strandSTK25BOK: 241,551,300–241,585,941, forward strandBOKTHAP4: 241,584,405–241,637,581, reverse strandTHAP4ATG4B: 241,637,204–241,673,857, forward strandATG4BDTYMK: 241,675,738–241,686,981, reverse strandDTYMKING5: 241,687,085–241,729,481, forward strandING5D2HGDH: 241,734,589–241,768,816, forward strandD2HGDHGAL3ST2: 241,776,817–241,804,287, forward strandGAL3ST2NEU4: 241,808,503–241,817,415, forward strandNEU4PDCD1: 241,849,884–241,858,894, reverse strandPDCD1RTP5: 241,869,600–241,873,823, forward strandRTP5FAM240C: 241,893,985–241,902,551, reverse strandFAM240CDiagram of PDCD1: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 2Exon 5: 241,849,884–241,851,297, 1,414 basesExon 4: 241,851,949–241,851,983, 35 basesExon 3: 241,852,198–241,852,353, 156 basesExon 2: 241,852,621–241,852,980, 360 basesExon 1: 241,858,763–241,858,894, 132 bases543215′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 2.1 kb of the gene's 9 kb; 867 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.). PDCD1 gene: programmed cell death 1. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pdcd1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PDCD1 gene: programmed cell death 1 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pdcd1

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