TUBA8

TUBA8
Identifiers
Aliases	TUBA8, TUBAL2, tubulin alpha 8, CDCBM8, MACTHC2
External IDs	OMIM: 605742; MGI: 1858225; HomoloGene: 56766; GeneCards: TUBA8; OMA:TUBA8 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 22 (human)
End	18,146,683 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 6 (mouse)
End	121,203,813 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	muscle of thigh; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; apex of heart; ; right auricle of heart; ; left ventricle; ; skeletal muscle tissue; ; right hemisphere of cerebellum; ; left testis; ; Brodmann area 9; ; gonad;
	Top expressed in
	muscle of thigh; ; seminiferous tubule; ; triceps brachii muscle; ; temporal muscle; ; medial head of gastrocnemius muscle; ; sternocleidomastoid muscle; ; digastric muscle; ; right ventricle; ; quadriceps femoris muscle; ; vastus lateralis muscle;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	nucleotide binding; GTP binding; structural constituent of cytoskeleton; GTPase activity;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; microtubule; cytoskeleton; microtubule cytoskeleton;
Biological process	microtubule-based process; cytoskeleton organization; microtubule cytoskeleton organization; mitotic cell cycle;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	51807
	53857
	ENSG00000183785
	ENSMUSG00000030137
	Q9NY65
	Q9JJZ2
	NM_018943; NM_001193414
	NM_017379
	NP_001180343; NP_061816
	NP_059075
	Wikidata
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Tubulin alpha-8 chain is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TUBA8 gene.