ATXN8 (ataxin 8)

Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Gene Gene ontology Other IDs Protein
Entrez ID 724066
Gene name Ataxin 8
Gene symbol ATXN8
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
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Chromosome 13
Chromosome location 13q21
Summary Spinocerebellar ataxia-8 (SCA8; {608768}) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CTG/CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion on chromosome 13q21 (see {603680.0001} and {613289.0001}). Two genes span the CTG/CAG repeat and are expressed in opposite directi
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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Gene Gene ontology Other IDs Protein
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0005634 Component Nucleus IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
Gene Gene ontology Other IDs Protein
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
613289 32925 HGNC
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
Gene Gene ontology Other IDs Protein
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q156A1
Protein name Ataxin-8 (Protein 1C2)
Family and domains
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Specifically found in brains from SCA8 patients (at protein level). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16804541}.
Sequence 
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Sequence length 80
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