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Gene

MAGEA8

MAGE family member A8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xq28
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 149,881,183–149,885,825 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 4.6 kb
Protein
318 amino acids
Also known as
MGC2182, CT1.8
Previous symbols
MAGE8
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000286482.6NM_005364.5
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How MAGEA8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome X, with a bracket where MAGEA8 sits. MAGEA8 and 14 genes near it on chromosome X, from 149,383,504 to 150,383,503.Chromosome XXq28p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q28149.4 Mb149.6 Mb149.8 Mb150 Mb150.2 Mb: 149,414,877–149,415,506, reverse strandIDS: 149,476,988–149,521,096, reverse strandIDS: 149,477,104–149,540,926, reverse strandEOLA1: 149,536,605–149,555,341, forward strandEOLA1HSFX3: 149,548,210–149,549,924, reverse strandHSFX3MAGEA9B: 149,581,653–149,587,471, reverse strandMAGEA9BHSFX2: 149,592,512–149,595,314, reverse strandHSFX2TMEM185A: 149,596,551–149,631,912, reverse strandTMEM185AMAGEA11: 149,688,228–149,717,268, forward strandMAGEA11HSFX1: 149,774,068–149,776,867, forward strandHSFX1MAGEA9: 149,781,930–149,787,737, forward strandMAGEA9MAGEA8: 149,881,183–149,885,825, forward strandMAGEA8EOLA2: 149,921,940–149,938,881, reverse strandEOLA2HSFX4: 149,929,573–149,931,287, forward strandHSFX4MAMLD1: 150,361,422–150,514,178, forward strandMAMLD1Diagram of MAGEA8: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome XExon 1: 149,881,183–149,881,285, 103 basesExon 2: 149,884,073–149,884,134, 62 basesExon 3: 149,884,210–149,885,825, 1,616 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 1.8 kb of the gene's 4.6 kb; 957 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.). MAGEA8 gene: MAGE family member A8. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/magea8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MAGEA8 gene: MAGE family member A8 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/magea8

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