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Gene

S100A8

S100 calcium binding protein A8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1q21.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 153,390,032–153,391,073 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 1 kb
Protein
93 amino acids
Also known as
P8, MRP8, MRP-8, 60B8AG, CGLA, S100-A8
Previous symbols
CAGA, CFAG
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000368733.4NM_002964.5
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 S100A8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How S100A8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where S100A8 sits. S100A8 and 37 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 152,890,553 to 153,890,552.Chromosome 11q21.3p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q44153 Mb153.2 Mb153.4 Mb153.6 Mb153.8 MbIVL: 152,908,539–152,911,886, forward strandIVLSPRR5: 152,947,206–152,949,255, forward strandSPRR5SPRR4: 152,970,648–152,972,574, forward strandSPRR4SPRR1A: 152,984,081–152,985,814, forward strandSPRR1ASPRR3: 153,001,743–153,003,859, forward strandSPRR3SPRR1B: 153,031,196–153,032,900, forward strandSPRR1BSPRR2D: 153,039,726–153,066,351, reverse strandSPRR2DSPRR2A: 153,056,118–153,065,583, reverse strandSPRR2ASPRR2B: 153,070,216–153,087,834, reverse strandSPRR2BSPRR2E: 153,093,135–153,119,469, reverse strandSPRR2ESPRR2F: 153,112,119–153,122,899, reverse strandSPRR2FSPRR2G: 153,149,565–153,164,447, reverse strandSPRR2GLELP1: 153,203,430–153,205,120, forward strandLELP1PRR9: 153,217,584–153,219,310, forward strandPRR9LORICRIN: 153,259,687–153,262,124, forward strandLORICRINPGLYRP3: 153,297,116–153,312,952, reverse strandPGLYRP3PGLYRP4: 153,330,120–153,348,841, reverse strandPGLYRP4S100A9: 153,357,767–153,361,036, forward strandS100A9S100A12: 153,373,703–153,375,660, reverse strandS100A12S100A8: 153,390,032–153,391,073, reverse strandS100A8S100A7A: 153,416,520–153,423,222, forward strandS100A7AS100A7: 153,457,742–153,460,653, reverse strandS100A7S100A6: 153,532,726–153,536,549, reverse strandS100A6S100A5: 153,537,147–153,543,074, reverse strandS100A5S100A4: 153,543,613–153,552,135, reverse strandS100A4S100A3: 153,547,329–153,550,151, reverse strandS100A3S100A2: 153,560,950–153,586,676, reverse strandS100A16: 153,606,882–153,614,012, reverse strandS100A16S100A1: 153,608,923–153,632,044, forward strandS100A1S100A14: 153,614,255–153,616,996, reverse strandS100A14S100A13: 153,618,612–153,634,442, reverse strandS100A13CHTOP: 153,633,982–153,646,306, forward strandSNAPIN: 153,658,674–153,663,930, forward strandILF2: 153,661,746–153,671,028, reverse strandNPR1: 153,677,965–153,694,110, forward strandNPR1INTS3: 153,728,050–153,774,808, forward strandINTS3SLC27A3: 153,774,208–153,780,180, forward strandSLC27A3GATAD2B: 153,789,030–153,923,360, reverse strandGATAD2BDiagram of S100A8: 3 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 1Exon 3: 153,390,032–153,390,243, 212 basesExon 2: 153,390,395–153,390,557, 163 basesExon 1: 153,391,041–153,391,073, 33 bases3215′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 0.4 kb of the gene's 1 kb; 282 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.). S100A8 gene: S100 calcium binding protein A8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/s100a8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. S100A8 gene: S100 calcium binding protein A8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/s100a8

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