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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

arachidonate 8-lipoxygenase [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:1098228]

Gene Synonyms

8-LOX, 8S-LOX, 8S-lipoxygenase, Alox15b

Location

Chromosome 11: 69,074,711-69,088,669 reverse strand.

GRCm39:CM001004.3

About this gene

This gene has 4 transcripts (splice variants), 218 orthologues, 6 paralogues and is associated with 7 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000021262.11Alox8-2013273677aaENSMUSP00000021262.4
 
Protein coding
CCDS24886O35936 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENSMUST00000094078.4Alox8-2021947648aaENSMUSP00000091621.4
 
Protein coding
B1ASX6 GENCODE BasicTSL:5
ENSMUST00000144787.2Alox8-203731No protein-
 
Retained intron
-TSL:3
ENSMUST00000156157.2Alox8-204470No protein-
 
Retained intron
-TSL:3