Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 4107
Gene name MAGE family member A8
Gene symbol MAGEA8
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
CT1.8MAGE8
Chromosome X
Chromosome location Xq28
Summary This gene is a member of the MAGEA gene family. The members of this family encode proteins with 50 to 80% sequence identity to each other. The promoters and first exons of the MAGEA genes show considerable variability, suggesting that the existence of thi
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT1125620 hsa-miR-2861 CLIP-seq
MIRT1125621 hsa-miR-3185 CLIP-seq
MIRT1125622 hsa-miR-4797-5p CLIP-seq
MIRT1125623 hsa-miR-759 CLIP-seq
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000122 Process Negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IBA
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 25416956, 25910212, 27229929, 29892012, 31515488, 32296183, 32814053
GO:0005634 Component Nucleus IBA
GO:0042826 Function Histone deacetylase binding IBA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
300341 6806 ENSG00000156009
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P43361
Protein name Melanoma-associated antigen 8 (Cancer/testis antigen 1.8) (CT1.8) (MAGE-8 antigen)
Protein function Not known, though may play a role in embryonal development and tumor transformation or aspects of tumor progression.
PDB 8FJB
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF12440 MAGE_N 5 96 Melanoma associated antigen family N terminal Family
PF01454 MAGE 119 286 MAGE family Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in many tumors of several types, such as melanoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, lung carcinoma and breast carcinoma, but not in normal tissues except for testis and placenta.
Sequence
Sequence length 318
Interactions View interactions
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER CTD
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Carcinoma Hepatocellular Hepatocellular carcinoma Pubtator 15633217 Associate
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Found in Text Mining only
Colorectal Neoplasms Colorectal neoplasm Pubtator 25774687 Associate
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Found in Text Mining only