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Gene

ARL8B

ARF like GTPase 8B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3p26.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 5,122,292–5,180,911 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 58.6 kb
Protein
186 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ10702, Gie1
Previous symbols
ARL10C
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000256496.8NM_018184.3
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 ARL8B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ARL8B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where ARL8B sits. ARL8B and 3 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 4,651,602 to 5,651,601.Chromosome 33p26.1p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q294.8 Mb5 Mb5.2 Mb5.4 Mb5.6 MbITPR1: 4,493,345–4,847,518, forward strandITPR1BHLHE40: 4,978,715–4,985,323, forward strandBHLHE40ARL8B: 5,122,292–5,180,911, forward strandARL8BEDEM1: 5,187,542–5,219,963, forward strandEDEM1Diagram of ARL8B: 7 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 3Exon 1: 5,122,292–5,122,588, 297 basesExon 2: 5,170,503–5,170,583, 81 basesExon 3: 5,172,150–5,172,223, 74 basesExon 4: 5,172,647–5,172,740, 94 basesExon 5: 5,174,017–5,174,084, 68 basesExon 6: 5,174,344–5,174,414, 71 basesExon 7: 5,178,664–5,180,911, 2,248 bases124675′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 2.9 kb of the gene's 58.6 kb; 561 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.). ARL8B gene: ARF like GTPase 8B. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/arl8b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ARL8B gene: ARF like GTPase 8B [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/arl8b

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