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Gene

ATOH8

atonal bHLH transcription factor 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2p11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 85,753,991–85,791,383 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 37.4 kb
Protein
321 amino acids
Also known as
HATH6, FLJ14708, bHLHa21
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000306279.4NM_032827.7
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 ATOH8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where ATOH8 sits. ATOH8 and 22 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 85,272,687 to 86,272,686.Chromosome 22p11.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.385.4 Mb85.6 Mb85.8 Mb86 Mb86.2 MbTCF7L1: 85,133,348–85,310,388, forward strandTCF7L1TGOLN2: 85,311,668–85,328,301, reverse strandTGOLN2RETSAT: 85,341,948–85,354,655, reverse strandRETSATELMOD3: 85,354,394–85,391,752, forward strandELMOD3CAPG: 85,388,144–85,422,017, reverse strandCAPGSH2D6: 85,418,714–85,437,029, forward strandSH2D6MAT2A: 85,539,163–85,545,281, forward strandMAT2AGGCX: 85,544,720–85,561,838, reverse strandVAMP8: 85,561,562–85,582,032, forward strandVAMP5: 85,584,397–85,593,421, forward strandRNF181: 85,595,620–85,598,589, forward strandRNF181TMEM150A: 85,598,547–85,603,201, reverse strandTMEM150AUSP39: 85,602,856–85,657,710, forward strandUSP39C2orf68: 85,605,254–85,612,066, reverse strandC2orf68SFTPB: 85,655,154–85,668,741, reverse strandSFTPBGNLY: 85,685,175–85,698,854, forward strandGNLYATOH8: 85,753,991–85,791,383, forward strandATOH8ST3GAL5: 85,837,120–85,905,199, reverse strandST3GAL5POLR1A: 86,020,216–86,106,155, reverse strandPOLR1APTCD3: 86,106,223–86,142,157, forward strandPTCD3IMMT: 86,142,798–86,195,631, reverse strandIMMTMRPL35: 86,199,355–86,222,540, forward strandMRPL35REEP1: 86,210,522–86,338,083, reverse strandREEP1Diagram of ATOH8: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 2Exon 1: 85,753,991–85,754,957, 967 basesExon 2: 85,763,991–85,764,182, 192 basesExon 3: 85,786,885–85,791,383, 4,499 bases1235′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 5.7 kb of the gene's 37.4 kb; 966 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.). ATOH8 gene: atonal bHLH transcription factor 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/atoh8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ATOH8 gene: atonal bHLH transcription factor 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/atoh8

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