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Mus musculus Protein: Sp8
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-178836.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Sp8
Protein Name trans-acting transcription factor 8
Synonyms
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Protein ENSMUSP00000065746
InnateDB Gene IDBG-178830 (Sp8)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Transcription factor which plays a key role in limb development. Positively regulates FGF8 expression in the apical ectodermal ridge (AER) and contributes to limb outgrowth in embryos. {ECO:0000269PubMed:15358670}.
Subcellular Localization Nucleus {ECO:0000305}.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 1 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Predicted by orthology
Total 1 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0003677 DNA binding
GO:0046872 metal ion binding
Biological Process
GO:0006351 transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0006355 regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0009953 dorsal/ventral pattern formation
GO:0009954 proximal/distal pattern formation
GO:0030326 embryonic limb morphogenesis
Cellular Component
GO:0005634 nucleus
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID MGI:2443471
InterPro IPR000104 Antifreeze protein, type I
IPR007087 Zinc finger, C2H2
IPR015880 Zinc finger, C2H2-like
PFAM PF00096
PRINTS PR00308
PIRSF
SMART SM00355
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q8BMJ8
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-Q8BMJ8
TrEMBL Q5QR90
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 320145
UniGene Mm.51682
RefSeq NP_796056
MGI ID
MGI Symbol Sp8
OMIM
CCDS CCDS26213
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL AJ844914 AK030745 AK053093
GenPept BAC27113 BAC35264 CAH59969

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Breuer et al., InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond - recent updates and continuing curation. Nucl. Acids Res. (2013) 41 (D1) 

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