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Gene

PTGS1

prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
9q33.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 9: 122,371,024–122,395,703 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 24.7 kb
Protein
599 amino acids
Also known as
COX1, PGHS-1, PTGHS
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000362012.7NM_000962.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads PTGS1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PTGS1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 9, with a bracket where PTGS1 sits. PTGS1 and 22 genes near it on chromosome 9, from 121,883,364 to 122,883,363.Chromosome 99q33.2p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q13q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34.11q34.12q34.13q34.2q34.3122 Mb122.2 Mb122.4 Mb122.6 Mb122.8 MbTTLL11: 121,815,674–122,093,606, reverse strandTTLL11NDUFA8: 122,100,498–122,159,817, reverse strandNDUFA8MORN5: 122,159,903–122,200,088, forward strandMORN5LHX6: 122,202,577–122,229,626, reverse strandLHX6RBM18: 122,237,622–122,264,855, reverse strandRBM18MRRF: 122,264,141–122,331,337, forward strandMRRFPTGS1: 122,371,024–122,395,703, forward strandPTGS1OR1J1: 122,476,958–122,477,926, reverse strandOR1J1OR1J2: 122,510,802–122,511,743, forward strandOR1J2OR1J4: 122,519,141–122,520,082, forward strandOR1J4OR1N1: 122,526,358–122,527,293, reverse strandOR1N1OR1N2: 122,553,112–122,554,214, forward strandOR1N2OR1L8: 122,566,267–122,583,384, reverse strandOR1L8OR1Q1: 122,614,738–122,615,682, forward strandOR1Q1OR1B1: 122,628,125–122,657,627, reverse strandOR1B1OR1L1: 122,661,566–122,662,648, forward strandOR1L1OR1L3: 122,675,130–122,676,104, forward strandOR1L3OR1L4: 122,723,990–122,724,925, forward strandOR1L4OR1L6: 122,742,303–122,750,783, forward strandOR1L6OR5C1: 122,788,933–122,789,895, forward strandOR5C1PDCL: 122,798,389–122,828,644, reverse strandPDCLOR1K1: 122,800,123–122,801,073, forward strandOR1K1RC3H2: 122,844,556–122,905,513, reverse strandRC3H2Diagram of PTGS1: 11 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 9Exon 1: 122,371,024–122,371,091, 68 basesExon 2: 122,371,186–122,371,272, 87 basesExon 3: 122,377,899–122,378,015, 117 basesExon 4: 122,378,433–122,378,573, 141 basesExon 5: 122,378,775–122,378,918, 144 basesExon 6: 122,381,371–122,381,552, 182 basesExon 7: 122,381,664–122,381,747, 84 basesExon 8: 122,383,509–122,383,755, 247 basesExon 9: 122,386,446–122,386,732, 287 basesExon 10: 122,390,198–122,390,345, 148 basesExon 11: 122,392,189–122,395,703, 3,515 bases1510115′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 kb of the gene's 24.7 kb; 1,800 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.). PTGS1 gene: prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ptgs1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PTGS1 gene: prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ptgs1

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