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Gene

PRSS8

serine protease 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16p11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 31,131,433–31,135,727 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 4.3 kb
Protein
343 amino acids
Also known as
CAP1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000317508.11NM_002773.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How PRSS8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where PRSS8 sits. PRSS8 and 39 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 30,633,580 to 31,633,579.Chromosome 1616p11.2p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.330.8 Mb31 Mb31.2 Mb31.4 Mb31.6 MbPRR14: 30,650,696–30,656,427, forward strandPRR14FBRS: 30,658,431–30,670,810, forward strandFBRSSRCAP: 30,698,128–30,741,409, forward strand: 30,704,067–30,745,169, forward strandTMEM265: 30,737,880–30,745,196, forward strandPHKG2: 30,748,245–30,761,176, forward strandPHKG2CFAP119: 30,757,423–30,762,221, reverse strandCFAP119RNF40: 30,761,561–30,780,421, forward strandRNF40ZNF629: 30,778,456–30,787,214, reverse strandZNF629BCL7C: 30,818,695–30,894,302, reverse strandBCL7CCTF1: 30,896,607–30,903,547, forward strandCTF1FBXL19: 30,923,055–30,948,783, forward strandFBXL19ORAI3: 30,949,055–30,956,511, forward strandORAI3SETD1A: 30,957,294–30,984,664, forward strandSETD1AHSD3B7: 30,985,029–30,989,154, forward strandHSD3B7STX1B: 30,989,256–31,010,897, reverse strandSTX1BSTX4: 31,032,889–31,042,975, forward strandSTX4ZNF668: 31,059,772–31,074,240, reverse strandZNF646: 31,074,394–31,084,196, forward strandZNF646PRSS53: 31,083,437–31,089,628, reverse strand: 31,083,439–31,094,956, reverse strandVKORC1: 31,090,260–31,095,980, reverse strandBCKDK: 31,106,107–31,113,464, forward strandBCKDKKAT8: 31,114,489–31,131,396, forward strandKAT8PRSS8: 31,131,433–31,135,727, reverse strandPRSS8PRSS36: 31,138,926–31,150,213, reverse strandPRSS36FUS: 31,180,131–31,196,963, forward strandFUSPYCARD: 31,201,486–31,203,450, reverse strandPYCARDTRIM72: 31,214,017–31,231,537, forward strandTRIM72PYDC1: 31,215,962–31,217,162, reverse strandPYDC1ITGAM: 31,259,954–31,332,892, forward strandITGAMITGAX: 31,355,134–31,382,999, forward strandITGAXITGAD: 31,393,258–31,426,505, forward strandITGADCOX6A2: 31,427,731–31,428,433, reverse strandCOX6A2ZNF843: 31,432,593–31,444,323, reverse strandZNF843ARMC5: 31,458,080–31,467,172, forward strandARMC5TGFB1I1: 31,471,585–31,478,727, forward strandTGFB1I1SLC5A2: 31,483,002–31,490,860, forward strandRUSF1: 31,489,465–31,509,309, reverse strandRUSF1AHSP: 31,512,938–31,528,808, forward strandAHSPDiagram of PRSS8: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 16Exon 6: 31,131,433–31,132,335, 903 basesExon 5: 31,132,429–31,132,595, 167 basesExon 4: 31,132,682–31,132,953, 272 basesExon 3: 31,133,226–31,133,388, 163 basesExon 2: 31,135,154–31,135,171, 18 basesExon 1: 31,135,414–31,135,727, 314 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 1.8 kb of the gene's 4.3 kb; 1,032 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.). PRSS8 gene: serine protease 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/prss8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PRSS8 gene: serine protease 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/prss8

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