Gene Information
Gene NameDNAH8
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length4490
Protein NamesDynein axonemal heavy chain 8 (Axonemal beta dynein heavy chain 8) (Ciliary dynein heavy chain 8)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age987 ( ENSG00000124721 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBNA
Gene CardDNAH8
Uniprot IDQ96JB1
PfamPF12774; PF12780; PF12781; PF17857; PF18198; PF08385; PF08393; PF17852; PF18199; PF03028; PF12777
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.336671218)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ DNAH8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ DNAH8 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ DNAH8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ DNAH8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Dnah8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ DNAH8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Dnah8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ DNAH8 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsDNAH1, DNAH7
ParalogsDNAH3, DNHD1, DNAH14, DNAH9, DYNC1H1, DNAH12, DNAH2, DNAH17, DYNC2H1, DNAH7, DNAH10, DNAH6, DNAH1, DNAH5, DNAH11
Tissuetestis
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in spermatozoa (at protein level). Not detected in airway epithelial cells (at protein level). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:31178125}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs6935293  rs1738254  rs3823430  rs1678674  rs874808  rs9357283  rs1563044711  rs862432  rs151313083  rs61757218  rs369473998  rs1537232  rs10484847 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, flagellum axoneme {ECO:0000269|PubMed:31178125, ECO:0000269|PubMed:32619401}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q91XQ0}. Note=Detected in sperm tail, with almost exclusive localization to the principal piece. Also detected in the cytoplasm of primary spermatocytes. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q91XQ0}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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