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Gene

KLK8

kallikrein related peptidase 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
19q13.41
Coordinates
Chromosome 19: 50,996,008–51,001,604 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 5.6 kb
Protein
260 amino acids
Also known as
HNP, TADG14, neuropsin, ovasin
Previous symbols
PRSS19
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000695909.1NM_007196.4
Locus type
gene with protein product

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 KLK8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KLK8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 19, with a bracket where KLK8 sits. KLK8 and 43 genes near it on chromosome 19, from 50,498,806 to 51,498,805.Chromosome 1919q13.41p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12p11q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q13.41q13.42q13.4350.6 Mb50.8 Mb51 Mb51.2 Mb51.4 MbEMC10: 50,476,400–50,510,789, forward strandEMC10JOSD2: 50,505,995–50,511,376, reverse strandJOSD2ASPDH: 50,511,568–50,514,696, reverse strandASPDHLRRC4B: 50,516,892–50,568,435, reverse strandLRRC4BSYT3: 50,621,307–50,640,040, reverse strandSYT3C19orf81: 50,648,792–50,659,310, forward strandC19orf81SHANK1: 50,659,255–50,719,802, reverse strandSHANK1CLEC11A: 50,723,283–50,725,719, forward strandCLEC11AGPR32: 50,770,464–50,771,732, forward strandGPR32SMIM47: 50,776,141–50,793,142, reverse strandSMIM47ACP4: 50,790,415–50,795,219, forward strandACP4KLK1: 50,819,146–50,823,787, reverse strandKLK1KLK15: 50,825,289–50,837,213, reverse strandKLK15KLK3: 50,854,915–50,860,767, forward strandKLK3KLK2: 50,861,568–50,880,567, forward strandKLK2KLK4: 50,906,351–50,911,395, reverse strandKLK4KLK5: 50,943,249–50,953,314, reverse strandKLK5KLK6: 50,958,631–50,969,673, reverse strandKLK6KLK7: 50,976,468–50,984,099, reverse strandKLK8: 50,996,008–51,001,604, reverse strandKLK8: 50,996,018–51,009,581, reverse strandKLK9: 51,002,508–51,009,634, reverse strandKLK9KLK10: 51,012,739–51,021,048, reverse strandKLK10KLK11: 51,022,216–51,028,060, reverse strandKLK12: 51,029,092–51,035,230, reverse strandKLK13: 51,055,625–51,065,801, reverse strandKLK13KLK14: 51,077,317–51,086,530, reverse strandKLK14CTU1: 51,095,343–51,108,426, reverse strandCTU1SIGLEC9: 51,124,871–51,141,053, forward strandSIGLEC9SIGLEC7: 51,142,288–51,153,702, forward strandSIGLEC7CD33: 51,217,033–51,243,860, forward strandCD33SIGLECL1: 51,246,348–51,269,330, forward strandSIGLECL1IGLON5: 51,311,639–51,330,891, forward strandIGLON5VSIG10L: 51,331,536–51,342,310, reverse strandVSIG10LETFB: 51,345,161–51,366,449, reverse strandETFB: 51,350,373–51,368,099, reverse strandCLDND2: 51,367,098–51,369,003, reverse strandNKG7: 51,371,606–51,375,628, reverse strandLIM2: 51,379,909–51,388,264, reverse strandC19orf84: 51,388,289–51,390,610, reverse strandSIGLEC10: 51,410,020–51,417,858, reverse strandSIGLEC10SIGLEC8: 51,450,847–51,458,474, reverse strandSIGLEC8CEACAM18: 51,478,539–51,491,301, forward strandCEACAM18SIGLEC12: 51,491,227–51,501,800, reverse strandSIGLEC12Diagram of KLK8: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 19Exon 6: 50,996,008–50,996,214, 207 basesExon 5: 50,997,751–50,997,884, 134 basesExon 4: 50,999,996–51,000,258, 263 basesExon 3: 51,000,424–51,000,583, 160 basesExon 2: 51,001,098–51,001,175, 78 basesExon 1: 51,001,532–51,001,604, 73 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 0.9 kb of the gene's 5.6 kb; 783 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.). KLK8 gene: kallikrein related peptidase 8. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/klk8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KLK8 gene: kallikrein related peptidase 8 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/klk8

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