Gene
AK8
adenylate kinase 8
- HGNC 26526↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000165695↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 158067↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 9q34.13
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 9: 132,725,578–132,878,284 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 13 exons across 152.7 kb
- Protein
- 479 amino acids
- Also known as
- FLJ32704
- Previous symbols
- C9orf98
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000298545.4NM_152572.3
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How AK8 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 1.6 kb of the gene's 152.7 kb; 1,440 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). AK8 gene: adenylate kinase 8. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ak8
Dante Labs. AK8 gene: adenylate kinase 8 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ak8
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