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Gene

SLC30A8

solute carrier family 30 member 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q24.11
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 117,134,995–117,176,714 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 41.7 kb
Protein
369 amino acids
Also known as
ZnT-8, ZNT8
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000456015.7NM_173851.3
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 SLC30A8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where SLC30A8 sits. SLC30A8 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 116,655,855 to 117,655,854.Chromosome 88q24.11p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.3116.8 Mb117 Mb117.2 Mb117.4 Mb117.6 MbEIF3H: 116,642,130–116,766,925, reverse strandEIF3HUTP23: 116,766,492–116,850,585, forward strandUTP23RAD21: 116,845,934–116,874,924, reverse strandRAD21AARD: 116,938,184–116,948,737, forward strandAARDSLC30A8: 117,134,995–117,176,714, forward strandSLC30A8MED30: 117,520,699–117,540,469, forward strandMED30Diagram of SLC30A8: 8 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 8Exon 1: 117,134,995–117,135,398, 404 basesExon 2: 117,146,954–117,147,153, 200 basesExon 3: 117,152,944–117,153,090, 147 basesExon 4: 117,157,691–117,157,844, 154 basesExon 5: 117,161,738–117,161,888, 151 basesExon 6: 117,163,425–117,163,530, 106 basesExon 7: 117,171,034–117,171,168, 135 basesExon 8: 117,172,536–117,176,714, 4,179 bases123456785′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 5.5 kb of the gene's 41.7 kb; 1,110 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.). SLC30A8 gene: solute carrier family 30 member 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc30a8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SLC30A8 gene: solute carrier family 30 member 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc30a8

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