Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
84515
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Minichromosome maintenance 8 homologous recombination repair factor
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
MCM8
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
C20orf154, POF10, dJ967N21.5
Chromosome Chromosome number
20
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
20p12.3
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
The protein encoded by this gene is one of the highly conserved mini-chromosome maintenance proteins (MCM) that are essential for the initiation of eukaryotic genome replication. The hexameric protein complex formed by the mini-chromosome maintenance prot
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs138761187 G>A Pathogenic Genic downstream transcript variant, splice acceptor variant
rs201115244 C>T Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, non coding transcript variant, stop gained
rs606231343 C>G Pathogenic, not-provided Coding sequence variant, genic upstream transcript variant, non coding transcript variant, missense variant
rs777947820 TTGA>- Pathogenic Non coding transcript variant, coding sequence variant, genic upstream transcript variant, frameshift variant
rs869320753 ->TA Pathogenic Non coding transcript variant, coding sequence variant, frameshift variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT016553 hsa-miR-193b-3p Microarray 20304954
MIRT020992 hsa-miR-155-5p Reporter assay;Other 20584899
MIRT048686 hsa-miR-99a-5p CLASH 23622248
MIRT721969 hsa-miR-216a-5p HITS-CLIP 19536157
MIRT721968 hsa-miR-148b-5p HITS-CLIP 19536157
Transcription factors
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
E2F1 Unknown 16325355
MYCN Activation 17826980
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000166 Function Nucleotide binding IEA
GO:0000724 Process Double-strand break repair via homologous recombination IBA
GO:0000724 Process Double-strand break repair via homologous recombination IEA
GO:0000724 Process Double-strand break repair via homologous recombination IMP 23401855
GO:0000724 Process Double-strand break repair via homologous recombination NAS 22771115
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
608187 16147 ENSG00000125885
Protein
UniProt ID Q9UJA3
Protein name DNA helicase MCM8 (EC 3.6.4.12) (Minichromosome maintenance 8)
Protein function Component of the MCM8-MCM9 complex, a complex involved in the repair of double-stranded DNA breaks (DBSs) and DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs) by homologous recombination (HR) (PubMed:23401855). Required for DNA resection by the MRE11-RAD50-NB
PDB 6L0O , 7DP3 , 7WI7 , 7YOX , 8S91 , 8S92 , 8S94
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF17207 MCM_OB 206 339 MCM OB domain Domain
PF00493 MCM 389 613 MCM P-loop domain Domain
PF17855 MCM_lid 664 748 MCM AAA-lid domain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highest levels in placenta, lung and pancreas. Low levels in skeletal muscle and kidney. Expressed in various tumors with highest levels in colon and lung cancers. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12771218}.
Sequence
MNGEYRGRGFGRGRFQSWKRGRGGGNFSGKWREREHRPDLSKTTGKRTSEQTPQFLLSTK
TPQSMQSTLDRFIPYKGWKLYFSEVYSDSSPLIEKIQAFEKFFTRHIDLYDKDEIERKGS
ILVDFKELTEGGEVTNLIPDIATELRDAPEKTLACMGLAIHQVLTKDLERHAAELQAQEG
LSNDGETMVNVPHIHARVYNYEPLTQLKNVRANYYGKYIALRGTVVRVSNIKPLCTKMAF
LCAACGEIQSFPLPDGKYSLPTKCPVPVCRGRSFTALRSSPLTVTMDWQSIKIQELMSDD
QREAGRIPRTIECELVHDLVDSCVPGDTVTITGIVKVSN
AEEGSRNKNDKCMFLLYIEAN
SISNSKGQKTKSSEDGCKHGMLMEFSLKDLYAIQEIQAEENLFKLIVNSLCPVIFGHELV
KAGLALALFGGSQKYADDKNRIPIRGDPHILVVGDPGLGKSQMLQAACNVAPRGVYVCGN
TTTTSGLTVTLSKDSSSGDFALEAGALVLGDQGICGIDEFDKMGNQHQALLEAMEQQSIS
LAKAGVVCSLPARTSIIAAANPVGGHYNKAKTVSENLKMGSALLSRFDLVFILLDTPNEH
HDHLLSEHVIAIR
AGKQRTISSATVARMNSQDSNTSVLEVVSEKPLSERLKVVPGETIDP
IPHQLLRKYIGYARQYVYPRLSTEAARVLQDFYLELRKQSQRLNSSPITTRQLESLIRLT
EARARLELREEATKEDAEDIVEIMKYSM
LGTYSDEFGNLDFERSQHGSGMSNRSTAKRFI
SALNNVAERTYNNIFQFHQLRQIAKELNIQVADFENFIGSLNDQGYLLKKGPKVYQLQTM
Sequence length 840
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  Reactome
    Activation of ATR in response to replication stress
CDC6 association with the ORC:origin complex
CDT1 association with the CDC6:ORC:origin complex
Assembly of the pre-replicative complex
Orc1 removal from chromatin
Activation of the pre-replicative complex
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Associated diseases Disease associations categorized as Causal (pathogenic variants), Unknown (uncertain genetic evidence), or Text Mining (literature-based associations)
Causal Diseases caused by PATHOGENIC or LIKELY PATHOGENIC variants from ClinVar only
Disease merge term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Premature Ovarian Failure premature ovarian failure 10 rs606231343, rs138761187, rs869320753, rs201115244 N/A
Unknown Includes: (1) ClinVar NON-pathogenic variants (Uncertain, Benign, Conflicting, VUS), (2) GenCC associations, (3) GWAS associations, (4) CBGDA evidence-based associations. NOTE: Diseases with pathogenic evidence are excluded to avoid conflicts.
Disease merge term Disease name Evidence References Source
Breast Cancer Breast cancer N/A N/A GWAS
Colorectal Cancer colorectal cancer N/A N/A GenCC
Neuroblastoma Neuroblastoma N/A N/A GWAS
Preeclampsia Preeclampsia N/A N/A GWAS
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Adenocarcinoma of Lung Associate 31323040, 31545501
Adenocarcinoma of Lung Stimulate 40033404
Azoospermia Associate 35172124
Breast Neoplasms Associate 19448619
Carcinoma Hepatocellular Associate 36575045
Carcinoma Squamous Cell Stimulate 36445337
Cardiovascular Diseases Associate 19448619
Choriocarcinoma Associate 12771218
Chromosomal Instability Associate 28863940
Chromosome Breakage Associate 25437880