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Gene

AKAP8

A-kinase anchoring protein 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
19p13.12
Coordinates
Chromosome 19: 15,353,385–15,379,787 (GRCh38)
Exons
14 exons across 26.4 kb
Protein
692 amino acids
Also known as
AKAP95, DKFZp586B1222
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000269701.7NM_005858.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How AKAP8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 19, with a bracket where AKAP8 sits. AKAP8 and 23 genes near it on chromosome 19, from 14,866,586 to 15,866,585.Chromosome 1919p13.12p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12p11q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q13.41q13.42q13.4315 Mb15.2 Mb15.4 Mb15.6 Mb15.8 MbOR7A17: 14,878,203–14,886,132, reverse strandOR7A17OR7C2: 14,941,489–14,942,448, forward strandOR7C2SLC1A6: 14,950,024–15,022,990, reverse strandSLC1A6TEKTL1: 15,010,726–15,023,276, forward strandTEKTL1CASP14: 15,049,480–15,058,293, forward strandCASP14OR1I1: 15,082,211–15,092,970, forward strandOR1I1SYDE1: 15,107,296–15,114,988, forward strandSYDE1HACL2: 15,114,974–15,125,801, reverse strandHACL2NOTCH3: 15,159,038–15,201,004, reverse strandNOTCH3EPHX3: 15,226,899–15,233,591, reverse strandEPHX3BRD4: 15,235,519–15,332,547, reverse strandBRD4AKAP8: 15,353,385–15,379,787, reverse strandAKAP8AKAP8L: 15,380,046–15,419,141, reverse strandAKAP8LWIZ: 15,419,978–15,450,038, reverse strandWIZRASAL3: 15,451,624–15,464,583, reverse strandRASAL3PGLYRP2: 15,468,625–15,498,956, reverse strandPGLYRP2CYP4F22: 15,508,477–15,552,317, forward strandCYP4F22CYP4F8: 15,615,218–15,630,639, forward strandCYP4F8CYP4F3: 15,640,795–15,662,825, forward strandCYP4F3CYP4F12: 15,673,018–15,698,819, forward strandCYP4F12OR10H2: 15,728,024–15,729,052, forward strandOR10H2OR10H3: 15,737,985–15,742,343, forward strandOR10H3OR10H5: 15,787,661–15,800,357, forward strandOR10H5OR10H1: 15,804,549–15,815,664, reverse strandOR10H1Diagram of AKAP8: 14 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 19Exon 14: 15,353,385–15,355,370, 1,986 basesExon 13: 15,358,967–15,359,062, 96 basesExon 12: 15,360,848–15,360,978, 131 basesExon 11: 15,361,729–15,361,822, 94 basesExon 10: 15,362,110–15,362,251, 142 basesExon 9: 15,368,235–15,368,322, 88 basesExon 8: 15,370,146–15,370,179, 34 basesExon 7: 15,371,952–15,371,998, 47 basesExon 6: 15,372,218–15,372,347, 130 basesExon 5: 15,372,851–15,373,340, 490 basesExon 4: 15,373,786–15,374,065, 280 basesExon 3: 15,374,603–15,374,635, 33 basesExon 2: 15,376,976–15,377,014, 39 basesExon 1: 15,379,713–15,379,787, 75 bases141210864215′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 3.7 kb of the gene's 26.4 kb; 2,079 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.). AKAP8 gene: A-kinase anchoring protein 8. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/akap8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. AKAP8 gene: A-kinase anchoring protein 8 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/akap8

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