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Gene

TUBB8B

tubulin beta 8B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
18p11.32
Coordinates
Chromosome 18: 47,221–49,615 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 2.4 kb
Protein
444 amino acids
Previous symbols
TUBB8P12
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000308911.9NM_001358689.2
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 TUBB8B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How TUBB8B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 18, with a bracket where TUBB8B sits. TUBB8B and 3 genes near it on chromosome 18, from 1 to 548,417.Chromosome 1818p11.32p11.32p11.31p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q230.1 Mb0.2 Mb0.3 Mb0.4 Mb0.5 MbTUBB8B: 47,221–49,615, reverse strandTUBB8BUSP14: 158,328–214,629, forward strandUSP14THOC1: 214,249–268,065, reverse strandTHOC1COLEC12: 316,737–500,748, reverse strandCOLEC12Diagram of TUBB8B: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 18Exon 4: 47,221–48,447, 1,227 basesExon 3: 48,940–49,050, 111 basesExon 2: 49,129–49,237, 109 basesExon 1: 49,501–49,615, 115 bases43215′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 1.6 kb of the gene's 2.4 kb; 1,335 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.). TUBB8B gene: tubulin beta 8B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tubb8b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TUBB8B gene: tubulin beta 8B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tubb8b

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