IPO8

IPO8
Identifiers
Aliases	IPO8, RANBP8, importin 8, VISS
External IDs	OMIM: 605600; MGI: 2444611; HomoloGene: 48430; GeneCards: IPO8; OMA:IPO8 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 12 (human)
End	30,695,869 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 6 (mouse)
End	148,831,467 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	secondary oocyte; ; tendon of biceps brachii; ; internal globus pallidus; ; skin of hip; ; mucosa of sigmoid colon; ; Achilles tendon; ; buccal mucosa cell; ; superficial temporal artery; ; seminal vesicula; ; jejunal mucosa;
	Top expressed in
	secondary oocyte; ; zygote; ; primary oocyte; ; cumulus cell; ; epithelium of lens; ; medial vestibular nucleus; ; central gray substance of midbrain; ; pituitary gland; ; superior cervical ganglion; ; left lobe of liver;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	protein binding;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; nucleus; nucleoplasm; nuclear envelope; cytosol;
Biological process	protein transport; intracellular protein transport; signal transduction; regulation of gene silencing by miRNA; protein import into nucleus;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	10526
	320727
	ENSG00000133704
	ENSMUSG00000040029
	O15397
	Q7TMY7
	NM_001190995; NM_006390
	NM_001081113
	NP_001177924; NP_006381
	NP_001074582
	Wikidata
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Importin 8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IPO8 gene.