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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

sodium channel, voltage-gated, type VIII, alpha [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:103169]

Gene Synonyms

C630029C19Rik, NaCh6, Nav1.6, ataxia 3, med, mnd-2, mnd2, motor end-plate disease, nmf2, nmf335, nmf58, nur14, seal

Location

Chromosome 15: 100,767,739-100,943,819 forward strand.

GRCm39:CM001008.3

About this gene

This gene has 23 transcripts (splice variants), 273 orthologues, 26 paralogues and is associated with 84 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000201549.5Scn8a-213114141978aaENSMUSP00000144013.2
 
Protein coding
CCDS57010F6U329 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:5
ENSMUST00000108909.10Scn8a-204114441988aaENSMUSP00000104537.4
 
Protein coding
F7D6J5 GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicTSL:5
ENSMUST00000108908.7Scn8a-203114141978aaENSMUSP00000104536.4
 
Protein coding
CCDS57011F7D6K4 GENCODE BasicTSL:5
ENSMUST00000082209.14Scn8a-201113021978aaENSMUSP00000080842.7
 
Protein coding
CCDS57010F6U329 GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:5
ENSMUST00000108910.11Scn8a-205112411978aaENSMUSP00000104538.4
 
Protein coding
CCDS57011F7D6K4 GENCODE BasicTSL:1
ENSMUST00000494612.1Scn8a-22396981406aaENSMUSP00000272975.1
 
Protein coding
-GENCODE Basic
ENSMUST00000200963.4Scn8a-20858141937aaENSMUSP00000144371.2
 
Protein coding
A0A0J9YUW5 GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicTSL:5
ENSMUST00000201518.4Scn8a-2122565804aaENSMUSP00000143879.2
 
Protein coding
A0A0J9YTW4 TSL:1CDS 3' incomplete
ENSMUST00000201438.4Scn8a-2102110132aaENSMUSP00000144232.2
 
Protein coding
A0A0J9YUL0 TSL:3CDS 5' incomplete
ENSMUST00000202702.2Scn8a-2191618539aaENSMUSP00000143876.2
 
Protein coding
A0A0J9YTW2 TSL:5CDS 5' and 3' incomplete
ENSMUST00000096198.10Scn8a-2021072102aaENSMUSP00000093912.4
 
Protein coding
Q4KL32 GENCODE BasicTSL:1
ENSMUST00000201484.4Scn8a-2116831aaENSMUSP00000144582.2
 
Protein coding
-TSL:1CDS 3' incomplete
ENSMUST00000200959.3Scn8a-207622100aaENSMUSP00000144223.2
 
Protein coding
A0A0J9YUK3 GENCODE BasicTSL:3
ENSMUST00000202527.4Scn8a-2185331aaENSMUSP00000143898.2
 
Protein coding
-TSL:1CDS 3' incomplete
ENSMUST00000202071.2Scn8a-2143221aaENSMUSP00000144501.2
 
Protein coding
-TSL:1CDS 3' incomplete
ENSMUST00000200933.4Scn8a-2062901aaENSMUSP00000144173.2
 
Protein coding
-TSL:1CDS 3' incomplete
ENSMUST00000494611.1Scn8a-222679093aaENSMUSP00000272974.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
--
ENSMUST00000494610.1Scn8a-221676593aaENSMUSP00000272973.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
--
ENSMUST00000201246.2Scn8a-209903No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
-TSL:5
ENSMUST00000202971.2Scn8a-220840No protein-
 
Retained intron
-TSL:2
ENSMUST00000202452.2Scn8a-217681No protein-
 
Retained intron
-TSL:3
ENSMUST00000202349.4Scn8a-216514No protein-
 
Retained intron
-TSL:2
ENSMUST00000202347.2Scn8a-215326No protein-
 
Retained intron
-TSL:5