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Gene

NLRP8

NLR family pyrin domain containing 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
19q13.43
Coordinates
Chromosome 19: 55,947,832–55,981,158 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 33.3 kb
Protein
1,048 amino acids
Also known as
NOD16, PAN4, CLR19.2
Previous symbols
NALP8
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000850972.1NM_001433706.1
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 NLRP8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How NLRP8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 19, with a bracket where NLRP8 sits. NLRP8 and 33 genes near it on chromosome 19, from 55,464,495 to 56,464,494.Chromosome 1919q13.43p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12p11q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q13.41q13.42q13.4355.6 Mb55.8 Mb56 Mb56.2 Mb56.4 MbC19orf85: 55,463,001–55,464,752, reverse strandC19orf85ZNF628: 55,476,597–55,484,487, forward strandZNF628NAT14: 55,484,949–55,487,578, forward strandNAT14SSC5D: 55,488,404–55,519,099, forward strandSSC5DSBK2: 55,528,607–55,537,143, reverse strandSBK2SBK3: 55,539,018–55,550,284, reverse strandSBK3ZNF579: 55,576,774–55,580,921, reverse strandFIZ1: 55,591,371–55,606,194, reverse strandZNF524: 55,599,714–55,603,592, forward strandZNF865: 55,605,502–55,617,269, forward strandZNF784: 55,620,741–55,624,570, reverse strandZNF581: 55,624,664–55,647,294, forward strandZNF581ZNF580: 55,635,003–55,643,470, forward strandZNF580CCDC106: 55,640,967–55,653,161, forward strandCCDC106U2AF2: 55,654,115–55,674,717, forward strandU2AF2EPN1: 55,675,109–55,709,858, forward strandEPN1NLRP9: 55,708,438–55,738,402, reverse strandNLRP9RFPL4A: 55,759,043–55,763,424, forward strandRFPL4ARFPL4AL1: 55,769,118–55,773,420, forward strandRFPL4AL1NLRP11: 55,785,397–55,836,800, reverse strandNLRP11NLRP4: 55,836,540–55,881,855, forward strandNLRP4NLRP13: 55,891,699–55,932,336, reverse strandNLRP13NLRP8: 55,947,832–55,981,158, forward strandNLRP8NLRP5: 55,986,775–56,061,810, forward strandNLRP5ZNF787: 56,087,366–56,121,534, reverse strandZNF787ZNF444: 56,132,599–56,160,897, forward strandZNF444GALP: 56,176,001–56,185,775, forward strandGALPZSCAN5B: 56,189,686–56,197,815, reverse strandZSCAN5BZSCAN5C: 56,202,273–56,209,461, forward strandZSCAN5CZSCAN5A: 56,219,670–56,368,383, reverse strandZSCAN5AEDDM13: 56,272,735–56,310,454, forward strandEDDM13ZNF582: 56,375,840–56,393,606, reverse strandZNF582ZNF583: 56,397,966–56,436,035, forward strandZNF583ZNF667: 56,438,631–56,478,099, reverse strandZNF667Diagram of NLRP8: 10 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 19Exon 1: 55,947,832–55,948,269, 438 basesExon 2: 55,952,538–55,952,612, 75 basesExon 3: 55,954,501–55,956,100, 1,600 basesExon 4: 55,962,067–55,962,237, 171 basesExon 5: 55,966,213–55,966,380, 168 basesExon 6: 55,970,544–55,970,696, 153 basesExon 7: 55,973,652–55,973,822, 171 basesExon 8: 55,976,133–55,976,303, 171 basesExon 9: 55,979,394–55,979,564, 171 basesExon 10: 55,981,059–55,981,158, 100 bases123456789105′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 3.2 kb of the gene's 33.3 kb; 3,147 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.). NLRP8 gene: NLR family pyrin domain containing 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nlrp8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NLRP8 gene: NLR family pyrin domain containing 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nlrp8

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