Gene Information
Gene NameACTL8
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length366
Protein NamesActin-like protein 8 (Cancer/testis antigen 57) (CT57)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age382 ( ENSG00000117148 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ9H568
Gene CardACTL8
Uniprot IDQ9H568
PfamPF00022
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-1.219324571)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ ACTL8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ ACTL8 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ ACTL8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ ACTL8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ ACTL8 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsACTC1, ACTBL2, ACTR1A, ACTB, ACTG1, ACTR5, ACTL9, ACTR3, ACTL7A, ACTL7B, ACTA1, ACTL6B, ACTR3B, ACTR3C, ACTRT2, ACTR8, ACTR1B, ACTL6A, ACTR2, ACTR6, ACTRT1, ACTRT3, ACTL10, ACTG2, ACTA2, ACTR10
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityStrongly expressed in testis and pancreas. Weak expression in placenta. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15905330}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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PDB NA 
DBSNP rs694214  rs3795322 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton {ECO:0000250}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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