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Gene

EPHA8

EPH receptor A8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p36.12
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 22,563,489–22,603,595 (GRCh38)
Exons
17 exons across 40.1 kb
Protein
1,005 amino acids
Also known as
Hek3
Previous symbols
EEK
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000166244.8NM_020526.5
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How EPHA8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where EPHA8 sits. EPHA8 and 12 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 22,083,542 to 23,083,541.Chromosome 11p36.12p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q4422.2 Mb22.4 Mb22.6 Mb22.8 Mb23 Mb: 22,025,142–22,092,943, forward strandCDC42: 22,052,627–22,101,360, forward strandCDC42WNT4: 22,117,313–22,143,969, reverse strandWNT4ZBTB40: 22,428,838–22,531,157, forward strandZBTB40EPHA8: 22,563,489–22,603,595, forward strandEPHA8C1QA: 22,635,057–22,640,201, forward strandC1QA: 22,636,506–22,644,067, forward strandC1QC: 22,642,558–22,648,122, forward strandC1QCC1QB: 22,652,713–22,661,637, forward strandC1QBEPHB2: 22,710,798–22,921,500, forward strandEPHB2LACTBL1: 22,953,043–22,972,866, reverse strandLACTBL1TEX46: 23,010,833–23,019,100, reverse strandTEX46KDM1A: 23,019,395–23,083,704, forward strandKDM1ADiagram of EPHA8: 17 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 1Exon 1: 22,563,489–22,563,729, 241 basesExon 2: 22,569,289–22,569,353, 65 basesExon 3: 22,576,217–22,576,880, 664 basesExon 4: 22,586,480–22,586,635, 156 basesExon 5: 22,588,871–22,589,206, 336 basesExon 6: 22,593,326–22,593,450, 125 basesExon 7: 22,593,524–22,593,686, 163 basesExon 8: 22,595,230–22,595,323, 94 basesExon 9: 22,596,106–22,596,173, 68 basesExon 10: 22,597,312–22,597,476, 165 basesExon 11: 22,597,676–22,597,861, 186 basesExon 12: 22,598,151–22,598,212, 62 basesExon 13: 22,598,838–22,599,047, 210 basesExon 14: 22,600,661–22,600,810, 150 basesExon 15: 22,600,898–22,601,088, 191 basesExon 16: 22,601,300–22,601,473, 174 basesExon 17: 22,601,627–22,603,595, 1,969 bases151015175′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 kb of the gene's 40.1 kb; 3,018 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.). EPHA8 gene: EPH receptor A8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/epha8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. EPHA8 gene: EPH receptor A8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/epha8

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