Gene Information
Gene NamePDE8A
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length829
Protein NamesHigh affinity cAMP-specific and IBMX-insensitive 3',5'-cyclic phosphodiesterase 8A (EC 3.1.4.53)
Target Namecyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase
Target TypeNA
Gene Age950 ( ENSG00000073417 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBO60658
Gene CardPDE8A
Uniprot IDO60658
PfamPF00989; PF00233
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.596288768)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ PDE8A ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ PDE8A ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ PDE8A ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ PDE8A ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Pde8a ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ PDE8A ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Pde8a ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ PDE8A ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsPDE8B, PDE7A
ParalogsPDE4A, PDE4D, PDE4B, PDE6A, PDE2A, PDE6C, PDE8B, PDE1B, PDE9A, PDE10A, PDE1A, PDE7A, PDE3B, PDE1C, PDE11A, PDE5A, PDE3A, PDE7B, PDE6B, PDE4C
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in most tissues except thymus and peripheral blood leukocytes. Highest levels in testis, ovary, small intestine and colon.
Pharmacological Animal Models0.000730(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);NULL(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 3ECM  (X-ray  1.90A  3ECN  (X-ray  2.10A  7CWA  (X-ray  2.80A  7CWF  (X-ray  2.80A  7CWG  (X-ray  2.80A 
DBSNP rs17855018 
Subcellular location [CC]NA
Mouse PG classificationNA
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