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C8B

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q17854201

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene
Chromosome
human chromosome 1[11]
Cytogenetic location
1p32.2[13]
Encodes
Complement C8 beta chain[9]
Expressed in
right lobe of liver, testicle, lung, upper lobe of left lung, gallbladder, right lung, islet of Langerhans, bronchial epithelial cell, gonad, visceral pleura[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[10]
Genomic end
57431813, 56974383[6][7]
Genomic start
57394883, 56929207[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
48[3]
Ortholog
C8b, C8b, c8b[8]
Strand orientation
reverse strand[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en C82 en C8B en complement C8 beta chain en complement component 8, beta polypeptide uk Компонент 8 системи комплементу, бета-поліпептид
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000021852
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000371237, ENST00000465658, ENST00000468990, ENST00000494324, ENST00000695842, ENST00000696165, ENST00000696166, ENST00000695843, ENST00000696164, ENST00000696144
Entrez Gene ID
732
Exact match
identifiers.org
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11g6p4xbtt
HGNC ID
1353
HGNC gene symbol
C8B
OMIM ID
120960
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_001278544, NM_000066, NM_001278543, XM_047429957
UMLS CUI
C1413024

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Summary

C8B is a gene[1]. C8B is a type of protein-coding gene[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HGNC gene symbol → C8B
    RefSeq RNA ID → NM_001278544, NM_000066, NM_001278543 +1
    Exact match → http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/732
    OMIM ID → 120960
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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