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Gene

TSPAN8

tetraspanin 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q21.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 71,125,096–71,157,999 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 32.9 kb
Protein
237 amino acids
Also known as
CO-029
Previous symbols
TM4SF3
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000247829.8NM_004616.3
Locus type
gene with protein product

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 TSPAN8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How TSPAN8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where TSPAN8 sits. TSPAN8 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 70,641,548 to 71,641,547.Chromosome 1212q21.1p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3370.8 Mb71 Mb71.2 Mb71.4 Mb71.6 MbPTPRR: 70,638,067–70,920,842, reverse strandPTPRRTSPAN8: 71,125,096–71,157,999, reverse strandTSPAN8LGR5: 71,439,795–71,586,310, forward strandLGR5ZFC3H1: 71,606,412–71,667,725, reverse strandZFC3H1Diagram of TSPAN8: 9 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 9: 71,125,096–71,125,387, 292 basesExon 8: 71,129,331–71,129,414, 84 basesExon 7: 71,132,693–71,132,824, 132 basesExon 6: 71,137,953–71,138,060, 108 basesExon 5: 71,138,156–71,138,230, 75 basesExon 4: 71,139,711–71,139,848, 138 basesExon 3: 71,144,151–71,144,213, 63 basesExon 2: 71,157,619–71,157,787, 169 basesExon 1: 71,157,930–71,157,999, 70 bases9515′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 1.1 kb of the gene's 32.9 kb; 714 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.). TSPAN8 gene: tetraspanin 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tspan8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TSPAN8 gene: tetraspanin 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tspan8

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