Gene Information
Gene NamePLAC8
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length139
Protein NamesGalactoside-binding soluble lectin 13 (Galectin-13) (Gal-13) (Placental tissue protein 13) (PP13) (Placental protein 13)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age987 ( ENSG00000145287 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ9UHV8
Gene CardLGALS13
Uniprot IDQ9UHV8
PfamPF00337
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.742817453)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ PLAC8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ PLAC8B ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ PLAC8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ PLAC8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Plac8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Plac8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ PLAC8 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsCNFN, PLAC8L1
Tissuespleen, transverse.colon, whole.blood
Tissue SpecificityDetected in adult and fetal spleen, fetal kidney, adult urinary bladder and placenta. Placental expression originates predominantly from the syncytiotrophoblast. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10527825, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19497882}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 5XG7  (X-ray  1.55A  5XG8  (X-ray  1.55A  5Y03  (X-ray  2.12A  6A62  (X-ray  2.03A  6A63  (X-ray  1.63A  6A64  (X-ray  1.63A  6A65  (X-ray  1.77A  6A66  (X-ray  1.40A  6KJW  (X-ray  1.36A  6KJX  (X-ray  1.53A  6KJY  (X-ray  1.50A 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:29343868}. Nucleus matrix {ECO:0000269|PubMed:29343868}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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