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Gene

ABCB8

ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7q36.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 151,028,450–151,047,782 (GRCh38)
Exons
16 exons across 19.3 kb
Protein
718 amino acids
Also known as
EST328128, M-ABC1, MABC1, MITOSUR
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000358849.9NM_007188.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads ABCB8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ABCB8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where ABCB8 sits. ABCB8 and 31 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 150,538,116 to 151,538,115.Chromosome 77q36.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3150.6 Mb150.8 Mb151 Mb151.2 Mb151.4 MbGIMAP4: 150,567,242–150,574,512, forward strandGIMAP4GIMAP6: 150,625,375–150,632,651, reverse strandGIMAP6GIMAP2: 150,685,647–150,694,763, forward strandGIMAP2GIMAP1: 150,716,606–150,724,284, forward strandGIMAP1GIMAP1-GIMAP5: 150,716,668–150,743,646, forward strandGIMAP1-GIMAP5GIMAP5: 150,722,253–150,750,033, forward strandGIMAP5TMEM176B: 150,789,455–150,823,877, reverse strandTMEM176BTMEM176A: 150,799,598–150,805,122, forward strandTMEM176AAOC1: 150,824,627–150,872,465, forward strandAOC1KCNH2: 150,944,064–150,978,394, reverse strandKCNH2NOS3: 150,991,017–151,015,653, forward strandNOS3ATG9B: 151,012,209–151,024,499, reverse strandATG9BABCB8: 151,028,450–151,047,782, forward strandABCB8ASIC3: 151,048,292–151,052,756, forward strandASIC3CDK5: 151,051,517–151,057,952, reverse strandCDK5SLC4A2: 151,057,210–151,076,527, forward strand: 151,061,928–151,061,978, forward strandFASTK: 151,076,585–151,080,881, reverse strandTMUB1: 151,081,082–151,083,533, reverse strandAGAP3: 151,085,831–151,144,450, forward strandAGAP3GBX1: 151,147,669–151,174,745, reverse strandGBX1ASB10: 151,175,684–151,187,832, reverse strandASB10DRC11L: 151,190,873–151,205,496, reverse strandDRC11LH2BK1: 151,207,416–151,210,488, reverse strandH2BK1ABCF2-H2BK1: 151,207,837–151,227,166, reverse strandABCF2: 151,211,484–151,227,264, reverse strandCHPF2: 151,232,483–151,240,979, forward strandSMARCD3: 151,238,764–151,277,896, reverse strandNUB1: 151,341,704–151,381,097, forward strandNUB1WDR86: 151,375,909–151,410,727, reverse strandWDR86CRYGN: 151,428,293–151,440,813, reverse strandCRYGNRHEB: 151,465,976–151,520,120, reverse strandRHEBDiagram of ABCB8: 16 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 7Exon 1: 151,028,450–151,028,610, 161 basesExon 2: 151,033,605–151,033,917, 313 basesExon 3: 151,034,273–151,034,428, 156 basesExon 4: 151,034,505–151,034,599, 95 basesExon 5: 151,034,724–151,034,829, 106 basesExon 6: 151,035,581–151,035,742, 162 basesExon 7: 151,035,882–151,035,967, 86 basesExon 8: 151,036,073–151,036,170, 98 basesExon 9: 151,036,544–151,036,649, 106 basesExon 10: 151,040,268–151,040,301, 34 basesExon 11: 151,040,498–151,040,634, 137 basesExon 12: 151,040,828–151,040,922, 95 basesExon 13: 151,041,099–151,041,232, 134 basesExon 14: 151,041,961–151,042,108, 148 basesExon 15: 151,043,971–151,044,221, 251 basesExon 16: 151,045,209–151,047,782, 2,574 bases12468101214165′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 4.7 kb of the gene's 19.3 kb; 2,157 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). ABCB8 gene: ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/abcb8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ABCB8 gene: ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/abcb8

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