Mus musculus Gene: Slc39a8
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-195635.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Slc39a8
Gene Name solute carrier family 39 (metal ion transporter), member 8
Synonyms 4933419D20Rik; AA986696; BIGM103; ZIP-8; Zip8
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000053897
Encoded Proteins
solute carrier family 39 (metal ion transporter), member 8
solute carrier family 39 (metal ion transporter), member 8
solute carrier family 39 (metal ion transporter), member 8
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary This gene does not have any Entrez summary - the following is the summary from its human ortholog ENSG00000138821:
This gene encodes a member of the SLC39 family of solute-carrier genes, which show structural characteristics of zinc transporters. The encoded protein is glycosylated and found in the plasma membrane and mitochondria, and functions in the cellular import of zinc at the onset of inflammation. It is also thought to be the primary transporter of the toxic cation cadmium, which is found in cigarette smoke. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. Additional alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but their full-length nature is not known. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 3:135825279-135888572
Strand Forward strand
Band G3
Transcripts
ENSMUST00000081978 ENSMUSP00000080640
ENSMUST00000029810 ENSMUSP00000029810
ENSMUST00000139953
ENSMUST00000133810
ENSMUST00000167390 ENSMUSP00000128245
ENSMUST00000180196 ENSMUSP00000136634
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0046873 metal ion transmembrane transporter activity
Biological Process
GO:0006829 zinc ion transport
GO:0030001 metal ion transport
GO:0055085 transmembrane transport
Cellular Component
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
GO:0031090 organelle membrane
Orthologs
Species
Homo sapiens
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Not yet available
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
Transport of glucose and other sugars, bile salts and organic acids, metal ions and amine compounds pathway
SLC-mediated transmembrane transport pathway
Zinc influx into cells by the SLC39 gene family pathway
Zinc transporters pathway
Transmembrane transport of small molecules pathway
Metal ion SLC transporters pathway
KEGG
INOH
PID NCI
Pathway Predictions based on Human Orthology Data
NETPATH
REACTOME
Zinc influx into cells by the SLC39 gene family pathway
Metal ion SLC transporters pathway
Transport of glucose and other sugars, bile salts and organic acids, metal ions and amine compounds pathway
Transmembrane transport of small molecules pathway
Zinc transporters pathway
SLC-mediated transmembrane transport pathway
KEGG
INOH
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt Q91W10
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 67547
UniGene Mm.30239 Mm.490589
RefSeq NM_001135149 NM_001135150 NM_026228 XM_006501934 XM_006501935
OMIM
CCDS CCDS17859
HPRD
IMGT
MGI ID MGI:1914797
MGI Symbol Slc39a8
EMBL AK014895 AK016853 AK085740 AK089060 BC006731
GenPept AAH06731 BAB29610 BAB30465 BAC39526 BAC40727
RNA Seq Atlas 67547