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SCN8A

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18031400

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene[2]
Chromosome
human chromosome 12[15]
Cytogenetic location
12q13.13[21]
Encodes
Sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 8, Sodium channel protein type 8 subunit alpha[12][13]
Expressed in
Brodmann area 23, middle temporal gyrus, postcentral gyrus, primary visual cortex, superior frontal gyrus, endothelial cell, entorhinal cortex, lateral nuclear group of thalamus, buccal mucosa cell, right hemisphere of cerebellum[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[14]
Genetic association
Ohtahara syndrome, undetermined early-onset epileptic encephalopathy, epilepsy, cognitive impairment with or without cerebellar ataxia[16][17][18][19]
Genomic end
51812864, 52206648[6][7]
Genomic start
51590266, 51984050[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
7927[3]
Ortholog
Scn8a, Scn8a, scn8ab, scn8aa, para[8][9][10][11]
Strand orientation
forward strand[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en BFIS5 en CERIII en CIAT en DEE13 en EIEE13 en MED en MYOCL2 en NaCh6 en Nav1.6 en PN4 en SCN8A en sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 8

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Summary

SCN8A is a gene[1].

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] ↑ . Orthologous MAtrix. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . ClinGen. Retrieved . search.clinicalgenome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: 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 ↗
    HGNC gene symbol → SCN8A
    Genetic association → Ohtahara syndrome, undetermined early-onset epileptic encephalopathy, epilepsy +1
    RefSeq RNA ID → NM_001177984, NM_014191, NM_175894 +2
    Exact match → http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/6334
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [gsw] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32527: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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