LGALS8

Name

galectin 8

Type

protein-coding

Position

236,518,000–236,552,981 (+)

Aliases

Gal-8, PCTA-1, PCTA1, Po66-CBP

Ensembl

ENSG00000116977

RefSeq RNA

NM_006499.5, NM_201543.4, NM_201544.4, NM_201545.2, XM_011544188.4

RefSeq protein

NP_006490.3, NP_963837.1, NP_963838.1, NP_963839.1, XP_011542490.1

This gene encodes a member of the galectin family. Galectins are beta-galactoside-binding animal lectins with conserved carbohydrate recognition domains. The galectins have been implicated in many essential functions including development, differentiation, cell-cell adhesion, cell-matrix interaction, growth regulation, apoptosis, and RNA splicing. This gene is widely expressed in tumoral tissues and seems to be involved in integrin-like cell interactions. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

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Gene · Ensembl

galectin 8

Symbol

LGALS8

Biotype

Protein coding

Organism

Homo sapiens

Location

1:236,518,000-236,552,981

Strand

Forward (+)

Assembly

GRCh38

Wikidata facts

Instance of

gene

Image

Protein LGALS8 PDB 2YRO.png

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