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Gene

POU6F1

POU class 6 homeobox 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q13.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 51,186,936–51,218,062 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 31.1 kb
Protein
611 amino acids
Also known as
BRN5, MPOU, TCFB1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000333640.12NM_001330422.2
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 POU6F1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where POU6F1 sits. POU6F1 and 17 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 50,702,499 to 51,702,498.Chromosome 1212q13.13p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3350.8 Mb51 Mb51.2 Mb51.4 Mb51.6 MbDIP2B: 50,504,962–50,748,657, forward strandDIP2BATF1: 50,763,710–50,821,162, forward strandATF1TMPRSS12: 50,842,920–50,887,884, forward strandTMPRSS12TMT1A: 50,923,472–50,932,510, forward strandTMT1A: 50,924,969–50,970,700, forward strandSLC11A2: 50,952,060–51,028,566, reverse strandSLC11A2HIGD1C: 50,952,538–50,970,860, forward strandHIGD1CLETMD1: 51,047,962–51,068,961, forward strandLETMD1CSRNP2: 51,061,205–51,083,664, reverse strandCSRNP2TFCP2: 51,093,656–51,173,137, reverse strandTFCP2POU6F1: 51,186,936–51,218,062, reverse strandPOU6F1DAZAP2: 51,238,724–51,272,164, forward strandDAZAP2SMAGP: 51,244,558–51,270,517, reverse strandSMAGPBIN2: 51,281,038–51,324,668, reverse strandBIN2CELA1: 51,328,442–51,346,804, reverse strandCELA1GALNT6: 51,351,247–51,392,867, reverse strandGALNT6SLC4A8: 51,391,317–51,515,763, forward strandSLC4A8SCN8A: 51,590,266–51,812,864, forward strandSCN8ADiagram of POU6F1: 11 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 11: 51,186,936–51,190,592, 3,657 basesExon 10: 51,191,596–51,191,764, 169 basesExon 9: 51,192,330–51,192,471, 142 basesExon 8: 51,195,970–51,196,173, 204 basesExon 7: 51,196,799–51,196,927, 129 basesExon 6: 51,197,770–51,198,023, 254 basesExon 5: 51,198,550–51,198,775, 226 basesExon 4: 51,199,747–51,199,868, 122 basesExon 3: 51,204,173–51,204,368, 196 basesExon 2: 51,206,789–51,206,883, 95 basesExon 1: 51,217,642–51,218,062, 421 bases11109876543215′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 5.6 kb of the gene's 31.1 kb; 1,836 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.). POU6F1 gene: POU class 6 homeobox 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pou6f1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. POU6F1 gene: POU class 6 homeobox 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pou6f1

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