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Gene

SLC9A8

solute carrier family 9 member A8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20q13.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 49,812,828–49,892,242 (GRCh38)
Exons
16 exons across 79.4 kb
Protein
581 amino acids
Also known as
KIAA0939, NHE8
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000361573.3NM_015266.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads SLC9A8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How SLC9A8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where SLC9A8 sits. SLC9A8 and 10 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 49,352,535 to 50,352,534.Chromosome 2020q13.13p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3349.4 Mb49.6 Mb49.8 Mb50 Mb50.2 MbKCNB1: 49,293,394–49,484,570, reverse strandKCNB1PTGIS: 49,503,874–49,568,333, reverse strandPTGISB4GALT5: 49,632,945–49,713,949, reverse strandB4GALT5SLC9A8: 49,812,828–49,892,242, forward strandSLC9A8SPATA2: 49,903,391–49,915,759, reverse strandSPATA2RNF114: 49,936,336–49,953,892, forward strandRNF114SNAI1: 49,982,979–49,988,886, forward strandSNAI1UBE2V1: 50,081,122–50,115,959, reverse strandUBE2V1PEDS1-UBE2V1: 50,081,124–50,153,637, reverse strandPEDS1-UBE2V1PEDS1: 50,118,254–50,153,754, reverse strandPEDS1CEBPB: 50,190,734–50,192,690, forward strandCEBPBDiagram of SLC9A8: 16 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 20Exon 1: 49,812,828–49,812,948, 121 basesExon 2: 49,815,008–49,815,189, 182 basesExon 3: 49,823,061–49,823,141, 81 basesExon 4: 49,839,541–49,839,599, 59 basesExon 5: 49,845,036–49,845,119, 84 basesExon 6: 49,849,579–49,849,680, 102 basesExon 7: 49,850,810–49,850,844, 35 basesExon 8: 49,855,438–49,855,581, 144 basesExon 9: 49,862,929–49,863,067, 139 basesExon 10: 49,864,739–49,864,844, 106 basesExon 11: 49,874,705–49,874,821, 117 basesExon 12: 49,877,981–49,878,063, 83 basesExon 13: 49,880,924–49,881,035, 112 basesExon 14: 49,883,846–49,884,066, 221 basesExon 15: 49,886,752–49,886,898, 147 basesExon 16: 49,887,829–49,892,242, 4,414 bases12468101214165′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 6.1 kb of the gene's 79.4 kb; 1,746 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.). SLC9A8 gene: solute carrier family 9 member A8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc9a8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. SLC9A8 gene: solute carrier family 9 member A8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/slc9a8

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