Skip to content
Use your HSA or FSA funds

Gene

TSPY8

testis specific protein Y-linked 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Yp11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome Y: 9,357,797–9,360,593 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 2.8 kb
Protein
308 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000287721.13NM_001243721.2
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 TSPY8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How TSPY8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome Y, with a bracket where TSPY8 sits. TSPY8 and 5 genes near it on chromosome Y, from 8,859,195 to 9,859,194.Chromosome YYp11.2p11.32p11.31p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.221q11.222q11.223q11.23q129 Mb9.2 Mb9.4 Mb9.6 Mb9.8 MbTSPY4: 9,337,464–9,340,286, forward strandTSPY4TSPY8: 9,357,797–9,360,593, forward strandTSPY8TSPY3: 9,398,421–9,401,223, forward strandTSPY3TSPY1: 9,466,955–9,469,749, forward strandTSPY1TSPY9: 9,487,267–9,490,088, forward strandTSPY9TSPY10: 9,527,880–9,530,683, forward strandTSPY10Diagram of TSPY8: 6 exons on the forward strand of chromosome YExon 1: 9,357,797–9,358,328, 532 basesExon 2: 9,358,936–9,359,013, 78 basesExon 3: 9,359,142–9,359,253, 112 basesExon 4: 9,359,355–9,359,500, 146 basesExon 5: 9,359,607–9,359,688, 82 basesExon 6: 9,360,383–9,360,593, 211 bases1234565′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 1.2 kb of the gene's 2.8 kb; 927 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.). TSPY8 gene: testis specific protein Y-linked 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tspy8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TSPY8 gene: testis specific protein Y-linked 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tspy8

One test. A lifetime of answers.

From $449Free shipping · Results in 6–8 weeks

Get my Genome Test