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Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database. Gene miRNA Transcription factors Gene ontology Other IDs Protein Pathways
Entrez ID	54576
Gene name	UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 1 member A8
Gene symbol	UGT1A8
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)	GNT1UDPGTUDPGT 1-1UDPGT 1-8UGT-1AUGT-1HUGT1UGT1-01UGT1-08UGT1.1UGT1.8UGT1AUGT1A1UGT1A8SUGT1HhUG-BR1
Chromosome	2
Chromosome location	2q37.1
Summary	This gene encodes a UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, an enzyme of the glucuronidation pathway that transforms small lipophilic molecules, such as steroids, bilirubin, hormones, and drugs, into water-soluble, excretable metabolites. This gene is part of a comp

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miRTarBase ID	miRNA	Experiments
MIRT1473517	hsa-miR-1202	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473518	hsa-miR-136	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473519	hsa-miR-3120-5p	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473520	hsa-miR-3130-3p	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473521	hsa-miR-3194-5p	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473522	hsa-miR-346	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473523	hsa-miR-3909	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473524	hsa-miR-3940-5p	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473525	hsa-miR-3972	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473526	hsa-miR-4288	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473527	hsa-miR-4421	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473528	hsa-miR-4507	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473529	hsa-miR-4766-5p	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473530	hsa-miR-4793-3p	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473531	hsa-miR-489	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473532	hsa-miR-514	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473533	hsa-miR-514b-3p	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473534	hsa-miR-548a-5p	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473535	hsa-miR-548ab	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473536	hsa-miR-548ak	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473537	hsa-miR-548b-5p	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473538	hsa-miR-548c-5p	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473539	hsa-miR-548d-5p	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473540	hsa-miR-548h	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473541	hsa-miR-548i	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473542	hsa-miR-548j	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473543	hsa-miR-548n	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473544	hsa-miR-548w	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473545	hsa-miR-548y	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473546	hsa-miR-559	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473547	hsa-miR-629	CLIP-seq
MIRT1473548	hsa-miR-632	CLIP-seq
MIRT2142606	hsa-miR-579	CLIP-seq

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Transcription factor	Regulation	Reference
CDX2	Activation	15044625
HNF1A	Activation	15044625

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GO ID	Ontology	Definition	Evidence	Reference
GO:0001889	Process	Liver development	IBA
GO:0001972	Function	Retinoic acid binding	IC	20308471
GO:0004857	Function	Enzyme inhibitor activity	IDA	19996319, 20610558
GO:0005496	Function	Steroid binding	IDA	19996319
GO:0005504	Function	Fatty acid binding	IDA	19996319
GO:0005515	Function	Protein binding	IPI	20610558
GO:0005783	Component	Endoplasmic reticulum	IBA
GO:0005783	Component	Endoplasmic reticulum	IDA	17179145
GO:0005783	Component	Endoplasmic reticulum	IEA
GO:0005783	Component	Endoplasmic reticulum	NAS	20610558
GO:0005789	Component	Endoplasmic reticulum membrane	IEA
GO:0005789	Component	Endoplasmic reticulum membrane	IKR	20610558
GO:0005789	Component	Endoplasmic reticulum membrane	NAS	20610558
GO:0006629	Process	Lipid metabolic process	IEA
GO:0006631	Process	Fatty acid metabolic process	IC	19996319
GO:0006631	Process	Fatty acid metabolic process	IDA	20610558
GO:0006805	Process	Xenobiotic metabolic process	IDA	20610558
GO:0006805	Process	Xenobiotic metabolic process	IDA	20056724, 20610558
GO:0006805	Process	Xenobiotic metabolic process	IEA
GO:0008194	Function	UDP-glycosyltransferase activity	IEA
GO:0008202	Process	Steroid metabolic process	IC	19996319
GO:0008202	Process	Steroid metabolic process	IDA	15472229, 16595710, 23288867
GO:0009804	Process	Coumarin metabolic process	IC	19996319
GO:0009812	Process	Flavonoid metabolic process	IDA	20056724
GO:0015020	Function	Glucuronosyltransferase activity	IDA	18052087, 19996319, 20056724, 20308471, 20610558, 21422672
GO:0015020	Function	Glucuronosyltransferase activity	IEA
GO:0015020	Function	Glucuronosyltransferase activity	IGI	20610558
GO:0016020	Component	Membrane	IEA
GO:0016740	Function	Transferase activity	IEA
GO:0016757	Function	Glycosyltransferase activity	IEA
GO:0019899	Function	Enzyme binding	IBA
GO:0019899	Function	Enzyme binding	IEA
GO:0019899	Function	Enzyme binding	IPI	17179145, 20610558
GO:0042573	Process	Retinoic acid metabolic process	IC	20308471
GO:0042803	Function	Protein homodimerization activity	IDA	17179145
GO:0042803	Function	Protein homodimerization activity	IEA
GO:0045922	Process	Negative regulation of fatty acid metabolic process	IC	19996319
GO:0045922	Process	Negative regulation of fatty acid metabolic process	IDA	20610558
GO:0045939	Process	Negative regulation of steroid metabolic process	IC	19996319
GO:0046982	Function	Protein heterodimerization activity	IEA
GO:0046982	Function	Protein heterodimerization activity	IPI	20610558
GO:0051552	Process	Flavone metabolic process	IDA	18052087

MIM	HGNC	e!Ensembl
606433	12540	ENSG00000242366

Q9HAW9

Protein name

UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A8 (UGT1A8) (EC 2.4.1.17) (UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1-8) (UDPGT 1-8) (UGT1*8) (UGT1-08) (UGT1.8) (UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1-H) (UGT-1H) (UGT1H)

Protein function

[Isoform 1]: UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) that catalyzes phase II biotransformation reactions in which lipophilic substrates are conjugated with glucuronic acid to increase the metabolite's water solubility, thereby facilitating excretion i

Family and domains

Pfam

Accession	ID	Position in sequence	Description	Type
PF00201	UDPGT	26 → 521	UDP-glucoronosyl and UDP-glucosyl transferase	Family

Tissue specificity

TISSUE SPECIFICITY: [Isoform 1]: Expressed in kidney, colon and small intestine (PubMed:18004212). Not expressed in liver (PubMed:18004212). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18004212}.; TISSUE SPECIFICITY: [Isoform 2]: Expressed in liver, kidney, colon and small intes

Sequence

MARTGWTSPIPLCVSLLLTCGFAEAGKLLVVPMDGSHWFTMQSVVEKLILRGHEVVVVMP
EVSWQLGKSLNCTVKTYSTSYTLEDLDREFMDFADAQWKAQVRSLFSLFLSSSNGFFNLF
FSHCRSLFNDRKLVEYLKESSFDAVFLDPFDACGLIVAKYFSLPSVVFARGIACHYLEEG
AQCPAPLSYVPRILLGFSDAMTFKERVRNHIMHLEEHLFCQYFSKNALEIASEILQTPVT
AYDLYSHTSIWLLRTDFVLDYPKPVMPNMIFIGGINCHQGKPLPMEFEAYINASGEHGIV
VFSLGSMVSEIPEKKAMAIADALGKIPQTVLWRYTGTRPSNLANNTILVKWLPQNDLLGH
PMTRAFITHAGSHGVYESICNGVPMVMMPLFGDQMDNAKRMETKGAGVTLNVLEMTSEDL
ENALKAVINDKSYKENIMRLSSLHKDRPVEPLDLAVFWVEFVMRHKGAPHLRPAAHDLTW
YQYHSLDVIGFLLAVVLTVAFITFKCCAYGYRKCLGKKGRVKKAHKSKTH

Sequence length

530

Interactions

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	KEGG		Reactome
	Pentose and glucuronate interconversions Ascorbate and aldarate metabolism Steroid hormone biosynthesis Retinol metabolism Porphyrin metabolism Metabolism of xenobiotics by cytochrome P450 Drug metabolism - cytochrome P450 Drug metabolism - other enzymes Metabolic pathways Biosynthesis of cofactors Bile secretion Chemical carcinogenesis - DNA adducts Chemical carcinogenesis - receptor activation		Glucuronidation

UGT1A8 (UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 1 member A8)