SLC26A8 (solute carrier family 26 member 8)
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Entrez ID
Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
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116369 |
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Gene name
Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
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Solute carrier family 26 member 8 |
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Gene symbol
Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
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SLC26A8 |
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Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
Gene synonyms aliases
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AZON, SPGF3, TAT1 |
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Chromosome
Chromosome number
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6 |
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Chromosome location
Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
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6p21.31 |
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Summary
Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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This gene encodes a member of the SLC26 gene family of anion transporters. Family members are well conserved in gene structure and protein length yet have markedly different tissue expression patterns. The expression of this gene appears to be restricted |
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SNPs
SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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miRNA
miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
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Other IDs
Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
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| UniProt ID | Q96RN1 | |||||||||||||||
| Protein name | Testis anion transporter 1 (Anion exchange transporter) (Solute carrier family 26 member 8) | |||||||||||||||
| Protein function | Antiporter that mediates the exchange of sulfate and oxalate against chloride ions across a membrane (PubMed:11278976, PubMed:11834742). Stimulates anion transport activity of CFTR (PubMed:22121115, PubMed:23582645). May cooperate with CFTR in t | |||||||||||||||
| Family and domains |
Pfam
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expression observed exclusively in testis, restricted to the meiotic phase of the germ cell (PubMed:11834742). Abundant expression located in the seminiferous tubules, concentrated on the luminal side of the tubuli harboring the sperma | |||||||||||||||
| Sequence |
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| Sequence length | 970 | |||||||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | |||||||||||||||
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Associated diseases
Disease associations categorized as Causal (pathogenic variants), Unknown (uncertain genetic evidence), or Text Mining (literature-based associations)
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