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Gene

EMC8

ER membrane protein complex subunit 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16q24.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 85,778,624–85,799,544 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 20.9 kb
Protein
210 amino acids
Also known as
FAM158B
Previous symbols
C16orf4, NOC4, C16orf2, COX4NB
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000253457.8NM_006067.5
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 EMC8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How EMC8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where EMC8 sits. EMC8 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 85,289,084 to 86,289,083.Chromosome 1616q24.1p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.385.4 Mb85.6 Mb85.8 Mb86 Mb86.2 MbGSE1: 85,169,525–85,676,204, forward strandGSE1GINS2: 85,673,164–85,690,073, reverse strandGINS2CLMB: 85,690,084–85,751,143, reverse strandCLMBEMC8: 85,778,624–85,799,544, reverse strandEMC8COX4I1: 85,798,633–85,810,195, forward strandCOX4I1IRF8: 85,899,116–85,922,606, forward strandIRF8Diagram of EMC8: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 16Exon 5: 85,778,624–85,779,867, 1,244 basesExon 4: 85,780,379–85,780,473, 95 basesExon 3: 85,781,211–85,781,280, 70 basesExon 2: 85,788,974–85,789,050, 77 basesExon 1: 85,799,065–85,799,544, 480 bases543215′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 kb of the gene's 20.9 kb; 633 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.). EMC8 gene: ER membrane protein complex subunit 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/emc8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. EMC8 gene: ER membrane protein complex subunit 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/emc8

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