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Gene

SLC26A8

solute carrier family 26 member 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p21.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 35,943,516–36,024,641 (GRCh38)
Exons
20 exons across 81.1 kb
Protein
970 amino acids
Also known as
TAT1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000490799.6NM_052961.4
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 SLC26A8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where SLC26A8 sits. SLC26A8 and 17 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 35,484,079 to 36,484,078.Chromosome 66p21.31p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2735.6 Mb35.8 Mb36 Mb36.2 Mb36.4 MbTEAD3: 35,473,597–35,497,868, reverse strandTEAD3TULP1: 35,497,874–35,512,941, reverse strandTULP1FKBP5: 35,572,945–35,728,622, reverse strandFKBP5ARMC12: 35,737,028–35,749,079, forward strandARMC12CLPSL2: 35,776,535–35,779,557, forward strandCLPSL2CLPSL1: 35,781,019–35,793,675, forward strandCLPSL1CLPS: 35,794,982–35,798,251, reverse strandCLPSLHFPL5: 35,797,206–35,845,397, forward strandLHFPL5SRPK1: 35,832,966–35,921,342, reverse strandSRPK1SLC26A8: 35,943,516–36,024,641, reverse strandSLC26A8MAPK14: 36,027,700–36,122,511, forward strandMAPK14MAPK13: 36,127,809–36,144,524, forward strandMAPK13BRPF3: 36,196,006–36,232,790, forward strandBRPF3PNPLA1: 36,243,203–36,313,955, forward strandPNPLA1BNIP5: 36,315,757–36,337,010, reverse strandBNIP5ETV7: 36,352,630–36,387,801, reverse strandETV7PXT1: 36,390,551–36,442,854, reverse strandPXT1KCTD20: 36,442,767–36,493,886, forward strandKCTD20Diagram of SLC26A8: 20 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 20: 35,943,516–35,944,340, 825 basesExon 19: 35,951,163–35,951,347, 185 basesExon 18: 35,951,445–35,951,499, 55 basesExon 17: 35,955,152–35,955,520, 369 basesExon 16: 35,959,460–35,959,591, 132 basesExon 15: 35,959,714–35,959,806, 93 basesExon 14: 35,960,843–35,960,912, 70 basesExon 13: 35,960,993–35,961,099, 107 basesExon 12: 35,962,526–35,962,621, 96 basesExon 11: 35,968,877–35,968,954, 78 basesExon 10: 35,975,375–35,975,488, 114 basesExon 9: 35,977,204–35,977,351, 148 basesExon 8: 35,982,121–35,982,203, 83 basesExon 7: 35,991,659–35,991,808, 150 basesExon 6: 35,992,510–35,992,674, 165 basesExon 5: 35,997,738–35,997,919, 182 basesExon 4: 35,999,992–36,000,108, 117 basesExon 3: 36,012,233–36,012,372, 140 basesExon 2: 36,019,520–36,019,709, 190 basesExon 1: 36,024,504–36,024,641, 138 bases201510515′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 3.4 kb of the gene's 81.1 kb; 2,913 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). SLC26A8 gene: solute carrier family 26 member 8. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc26a8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SLC26A8 gene: solute carrier family 26 member 8 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc26a8

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