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MFSD8

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18053852

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene
Chromosome
human chromosome 4
Cytogenetic location
4q28.2
Encodes
Major facilitator superfamily domain containing 8[22]
Expressed in
Achilles tendon, body of pancreas, bone marrow cell, epithelium of colon, cerebellar hemisphere, sural nerve, pancreatic epithelial cell, monocyte, right hemisphere of cerebellum, anterior pituitary
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[23]
Genetic association
neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 7, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
Genomic end
128887150, 127966034[6][7]
Genomic start
128838960, 127917799[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
115814[3]
Ortholog
Mfsd8, F27D9.2, F52F10.2, Cln7, C25E10.5, W01B6.3, W05E10.1, F57A8.7, T28C12.1, T28C12.2, F14D7.6, W03C9.6, C25E10.4, F58G11.4, mfsd8, ZK550.2, mfsd-8, srsx-34, Mfsd8[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Strand orientation
reverse strand
🏷️ Also known as
en CCMD en CLN7 en major facilitator superfamily domain containing 8 en MFSD8 ar MFSD٨
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000164073
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000515130, ENST00000296468, ENST00000503928, ENST00000504126, ENST00000505284, ENST00000508441, ENST00000509826, ENST00000513559, ENST00000641695, ENST00000641447, ENST00000641843, ENST00000641830, ENST00000642042, ENST00000642143, ENST00000641356, ENST00000641178, ENST00000641464, ENST00000641690, ENST00000641509, ENST00000641146, ENST00000641928, ENST00000641003, ENST00000641882, ENST00000641369, ENST00000641332, ENST00000641388, ENST00000641658, ENST00000641869, ENST00000641590, ENST00000641134, ENST00000641949, ENST00000641503, ENST00000641742, ENST00000641743, ENST00000641870, ENST00000641508, ENST00000642012, ENST00000641186, ENST00000641686, ENST00000641140, ENST00000641025, ENST00000641092, ENST00000641133, ENST00000641393, ENST00000641482, ENST00000641558, ENST00000642121, ENST00000641340, ENST00000641776, ENST00000641538, ENST00000641264, ENST00000641243, ENST00000641434, ENST00000641753, ENST00000641748, ENST00000642078, ENST00000641147, ENST00000641774, ENST00000641413, ENST00000641228, ENST00000642034, ENST00000641397
Entrez Gene ID
256471
Exact match
identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/06607yq
HGNC ID
28486
HGNC gene symbol
MFSD8
OMIM ID
611124
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_152778, XM_005262898, XM_011531832, XM_017007989, XM_024453982, XM_024453983, NM_001363520, NM_001363521, NM_001371590, NM_001371591, NM_001371592, NM_001371593, NM_001371594, NM_001371595, NM_001371596, XM_047449992, XM_047449993, XM_047449994, XM_047449995, XM_047449997, XM_047449998, XM_047449999
UMLS CUI
C1970174

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🔗 Connections
Expressed in 4
monocyte, Achilles tendon, anterior pituitary, sural nerve
← Genetic association 2
neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, Jansky–Bielschowsky disease
Chromosome 1
human chromosome 4
Found in taxon 1
Homo sapiens
Genetic association 1
neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
Instance of 1
gene
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Summary

MFSD8 is a gene[1]. MFSD8 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] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Found in taxon → Homo sapiens
    Chromosome → human chromosome 4
    Subclass of → protein-coding gene
    Encodes → Major facilitator superfamily domain containing 8
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [gsw] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32569: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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