Gene Information
Gene NameMFSD8
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length518
Protein NamesMajor facilitator superfamily domain-containing protein 8 (Ceroid-lipofuscinosis neuronal protein 7)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age680 ( ENSG00000164073 )
Evolutionary StageEuk+Bac
AlphaFoldDBQ8NHS3
Gene CardMFSD8
Uniprot IDQ8NHS3
PfamPF07690
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.693879008)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ MFSD8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ MFSD8 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ MFSD8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ MFSD8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Mfsd8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ MFSD8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Mfsd8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ MFSD8 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsMFSD9, MFSD10, MFSD14A, MFSD14B, MFSD5, MFSD1
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed at very low levels in all tissues tested. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17564970}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs779838200  rs11732377  rs118203978  rs749704755  rs1162750836  rs140948465  rs118203975  rs150418024  rs11098943  rs267607235  rs3733319  rs118203976  rs1275962600  rs1043984708  rs764549054 
Subcellular location [CC]Lysosome membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17564970, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17897319, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20406422};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17564970, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17897319, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20406422}. Note=Sorting to lysosomes involves tyrosine- and/or dileucine-based motifs.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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