MT1B
Sign in to saveAlso known as MT1, MT1Q, MTP, metallothionein 1B, MT-IB, MT-1B
Metallothionein-1B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MT1B gene.
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It is catalogued under the topic Genes on human chromosome 16.
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Gene data
MT1B- Name
- metallothionein 1B
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 56,651,885–56,653,204 (+)
- Aliases
- MT-1B, MT-IB, MT1, MT1Q, MTP
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000169688
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_005947.3
- RefSeq protein
- NP_005938.1
The protein encoded by this gene binds heavy metals and protects against toxicity from heavy metal ions. This gene is found in a cluster of similar genes on chromosome 16. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2016].
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
Pathways
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
metallothionein 1B
- Symbol
- MT1B
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 16:56,651,885-56,653,204
- Strand
- Forward (+)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
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- HomoloGene ID
- 48385
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/4490
- genomic end
- 56687116
- genomic start
- 56651886
- chromosome
- human chromosome 16
- cytogenetic location
- 16q13
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- References
- Further reading
Metallothionein-1B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MT1B gene.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “MT1B” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.