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Gene

POU5F1B

POU class 5 homeobox 1B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q24.21
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 127,415,867–127,416,946 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 1.1 kb
Protein
359 amino acids
Also known as
OTF3C
Previous symbols
OTF3P1, POU5F1P1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000696633.1NM_001159542.3
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads POU5F1B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How POU5F1B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where POU5F1B sits. POU5F1B and 1 gene near it on chromosome 8, from 126,916,407 to 127,916,406.Chromosome 88q24.21p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.3127 Mb127.2 Mb127.4 Mb127.6 Mb127.8 MbPOU5F1B: 127,415,867–127,416,946, forward strandPOU5F1BMYC: 127,735,434–127,742,951, forward strandMYCDiagram of POU5F1B: one exon on the forward strand of chromosome 8Exon 1: 127,415,867–127,416,946, 1,080 bases15′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 1.1 kb of the gene's 1.1 kb; 1,080 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). POU5F1B gene: POU class 5 homeobox 1B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pou5f1b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. POU5F1B gene: POU class 5 homeobox 1B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pou5f1b

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