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Gene

CD8B

CD8 subunit beta

Summary

Cytogenetic location
2p11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 2: 86,838,167–86,861,886 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 23.7 kb
Protein
210 amino acids
Also known as
Ly-3, LYT3, P37, CD8beta
Previous symbols
CD8B1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000390655.12NM_004931.5
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads CD8B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CD8B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 2, with a bracket where CD8B sits. CD8B and 8 genes near it on chromosome 2, from 86,350,027 to 87,350,026.Chromosome 22p11.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21p16.3p16.2p16.1p15p14p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3q37.1q37.2q37.386.4 Mb86.6 Mb86.8 Mb87 Mb87.2 MbKDM3A: 86,440,647–86,492,716, forward strandKDM3ACHMP3: 86,502,688–86,563,507, reverse strandCHMP3RNF103-CHMP3: 86,505,668–86,721,122, reverse strandRNF103-CHMP3RNF103: 86,602,511–86,623,900, reverse strandRNF103RMND5A: 86,720,053–86,778,049, forward strandRMND5ACD8A: 86,784,455–86,808,396, reverse strandCD8ACD8B: 86,838,167–86,861,886, reverse strandCD8BRGPD1: 86,913,783–87,013,976, forward strandRGPD1PLGLB1: 86,995,172–87,021,877, reverse strandPLGLB1Diagram of CD8B: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 2Exon 6: 86,838,167–86,842,319, 4,153 basesExon 5: 86,844,922–86,844,958, 37 basesExon 4: 86,846,684–86,846,773, 90 basesExon 3: 86,852,997–86,853,086, 90 basesExon 2: 86,858,057–86,858,416, 360 basesExon 1: 86,861,823–86,861,886, 64 bases6543215′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 4.8 kb of the gene's 23.7 kb; 633 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). CD8B gene: CD8 subunit beta. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cd8b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CD8B gene: CD8 subunit beta [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cd8b

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