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Gene

TERF1

telomeric repeat binding factor 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q21.11
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 73,008,864–73,048,123 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 39.3 kb
Protein
439 amino acids
Also known as
PIN2, TRF1, TRF
Previous symbols
TRBF1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000276603.10NM_017489.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads TERF1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How TERF1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where TERF1 sits. TERF1 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 72,528,494 to 73,528,493.Chromosome 88q21.11p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.372.6 Mb72.8 Mb73 Mb73.2 Mb73.4 MbKCNB2: 72,537,220–72,938,349, forward strandKCNB2TERF1: 73,008,864–73,048,123, forward strandTERF1SBSPON: 73,061,426–73,124,088, reverse strandSBSPONC8orf89: 73,241,331–73,259,530, reverse strandC8orf89RPL7: 73,276,478–73,295,789, reverse strandRPL7RDH10: 73,294,243–73,325,281, forward strandRDH10STAU2: 73,419,991–73,747,708, reverse strandSTAU2Diagram of TERF1: 10 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 8Exon 1: 73,008,864–73,009,205, 342 basesExon 2: 73,013,895–73,013,990, 96 basesExon 3: 73,020,684–73,020,805, 122 basesExon 4: 73,022,216–73,022,302, 87 basesExon 5: 73,024,822–73,024,971, 150 basesExon 6: 73,026,940–73,027,052, 113 basesExon 7: 73,030,336–73,030,395, 60 basesExon 8: 73,032,042–73,032,133, 92 basesExon 9: 73,039,116–73,039,219, 104 basesExon 10: 73,045,961–73,048,123, 2,163 bases123456789105′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 3.3 kb of the gene's 39.3 kb; 1,320 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.). TERF1 gene: telomeric repeat binding factor 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/terf1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TERF1 gene: telomeric repeat binding factor 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/terf1

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