ABCA8
Sign in to saveAlso known as ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 8
ABC-type organic anion transporter ABCA8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ABCA8 gene.
Gene data
ABCA8- Name
- ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 8
- Type
- protein-coding
The membrane-associated protein encoded by this gene is a member of the superfamily of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. ABC proteins transport various molecules across extra- and intracellular membranes. ABC genes are divided into seven distinct subfamilies (ABC1, MDR/TAP, MRP, ALD, OABP, GCN20, White). This protein is a member of the ABC1 subfamily. Members of the ABC1 subfamily comprise the only major ABC subfamily found exclusively in multicellular eukaryotes. The encoded protein may regulate lipid metabolism and be involved in the formation and maintenance of myelin. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2014].
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ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 8
- Symbol
- ABCA8
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 17:68,866,052-68,955,470
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
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- HomoloGene ID
- 56029
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/10351
- genomic end
- 66951533
- genomic start
- 68867289
- cytogenetic location
- 17q24.2
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ABC-type organic anion transporter ABCA8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ABCA8 gene.
The membrane-associated protein encoded by this gene is a member of the superfamily of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. ABC proteins transport various molecules across extra- and intracellular membranes. This protein is a member of the ABCA subfamily. Members of the ABCA subfamily comprise the only major ABC subfamily found exclusively in multicellular eukaryotes.