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    RNF8 ring finger protein 8 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

    Gene ID: 9025, updated on 17-Jun-2024

    Summary

    Official Symbol
    RNF8provided by HGNC
    Official Full Name
    ring finger protein 8provided by HGNC
    Primary source
    HGNC:HGNC:10071
    See related
    Ensembl:ENSG00000112130 MIM:611685; AllianceGenome:HGNC:10071
    Gene type
    protein coding
    RefSeq status
    REVIEWED
    Organism
    Homo sapiens
    Lineage
    Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
    Also known as
    hRNF8
    Summary
    The protein encoded by this gene contains a RING finger motif and an FHA domain. This protein has been shown to interact with several class II ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (E2), including UBE2E1/UBCH6, UBE2E2, and UBE2E3, and may act as an ubiquitin ligase (E3) in the ubiquitination of certain nuclear proteins. This protein is also known to play a role in the DNA damage response and depletion of this protein causes cell growth inhibition and cell cycle arrest. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2012]
    Expression
    Ubiquitous expression in testis (RPKM 6.4), brain (RPKM 2.8) and 24 other tissues See more
    Orthologs
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    Genomic context

    See RNF8 in Genome Data Viewer
    Location:
    6p21.2
    Exon count:
    8
    Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
    RS_2023_10 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 6 NC_000006.12 (37353983..37394734)
    RS_2023_10 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 6 NC_060930.1 (37177541..37218292)
    105.20220307 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 6 NC_000006.11 (37321759..37362510)

    Chromosome 6 - NC_000006.12Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene transmembrane protein 217B Neighboring gene transmembrane protein 217 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 24454 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 24455 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37225915-37226550 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37232157-37232657 Neighboring gene TBC1 domain family member 22B Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 24456 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17136 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17137 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17138 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 3623 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC105375040 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 24457 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17139 Neighboring gene CDK7 strongly-dependent group 2 enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37335886-37337085 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 7630 Neighboring gene RNA, 7SL, cytoplasmic 273, pseudogene Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC107986531 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37400679-37401180 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17140 Neighboring gene cap methyltransferase 1 Neighboring gene MPRA-validated peak5792 silencer Neighboring gene OCT4-NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37427605-37428259 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37448259-37448959 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37456899-37457744 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 24459 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 24460 Neighboring gene coiled-coil domain containing 167

    Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

    Expression

    • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
    • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
    • BioProject: PRJEB4337
    • Publication: PMID 24309898
    • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

    Bibliography

    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

    What's a GeneRIF?

    Phenotypes

    EBI GWAS Catalog

    Description
    Genome-wide association study identifies three novel susceptibility loci for severe Acne vulgaris.
    EBI GWAS Catalog

    Pathways from PubChem

    Interactions

    Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

    General gene information

    Markers

    Clone Names

    • FLJ12013, KIAA0646

    Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

    Function Evidence Code Pubs
    enables chromatin binding IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables histone binding IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    enables histone binding IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables identical protein binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein homodimerization activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables ubiquitin binding IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables ubiquitin protein ligase activity IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    enables ubiquitin protein ligase activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables ubiquitin protein ligase binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables zinc ion binding IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    Process Evidence Code Pubs
    involved_in DNA damage response IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in DNA repair-dependent chromatin remodeling IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in cell division IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in double-strand break repair IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in double-strand break repair IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in double-strand break repair via nonhomologous end joining ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in epigenetic regulation of gene expression IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in interstrand cross-link repair TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in isotype switching ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in positive regulation of DNA repair IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in positive regulation of double-strand break repair via homologous recombination IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in protein K48-linked ubiquitination IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in protein K48-linked ubiquitination IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in protein K6-linked ubiquitination IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in protein K63-linked ubiquitination IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in protein autoubiquitination IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in response to ionizing radiation IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in signal transduction in response to DNA damage IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in sperm DNA condensation ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    located_in chromosome, telomeric region ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    is_active_in cytosol IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    located_in cytosol IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
     
    located_in midbody IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    located_in nucleoplasm IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
     
    located_in nucleoplasm TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    is_active_in nucleus IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    located_in nucleus IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    is_active_in site of double-strand break IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    located_in site of double-strand break IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    part_of ubiquitin ligase complex IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    part_of ubiquitin ligase complex IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 

    General protein information

    Preferred Names
    E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RNF8
    Names
    C3HC4-type zinc finger protein
    RING-type E3 ubiquitin transferase RNF8
    UBC13/UEV-interacting ring finger protein
    ring finger protein (C3HC4 type) 8
    ring finger protein 8, E3 ubiquitin protein ligase
    NP_003949.1
    NP_898901.1

    NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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    RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

    These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

    These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. NM_003958.4 → NP_003949.1  E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RNF8 isoform 1

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_003949.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (1) represents the most abundant transcript and encodes the longer isoform (1).
      Source sequence(s)
      AB014546, BE327572, DA064222
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS4834.1
      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      A6NN24, A8MYC0, B4DPG0, O76064, Q53H16, Q5NKW5
      Related
      ENSP00000362578.4, ENST00000373479.9
      Conserved Domains (4) summary
      cd00060
      Location:17 → 110
      FHA; Forkhead associated domain (FHA); found in eukaryotic and prokaryotic proteins. Putative nuclear signalling domain. FHA domains may bind phosphothreonine, phosphoserine and sometimes phosphotyrosine. In eukaryotes, many FHA domain-containing proteins ...
      pfam09787
      Location:264 → 379
      Golgin_A5; Golgin subfamily A member 5
      cd16535
      Location:400 → 441
      RING-HC_RNF8; RING finger, HC subclass, found in RING finger protein 8 (RNF8) and similar proteins
      cl27165
      Location:370 → 485
      PHA02929; N1R/p28-like protein; Provisional
    2. NM_183078.3 → NP_898901.1  E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RNF8 isoform 2

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_898901.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (2) lacks an exon within the coding region, which leads to a translation frameshift, as compared to variant 1. The resulting isoform (2) contains a distinct and shorter C-terminus, as compared to isoform 1.
      Source sequence(s)
      AB014546, BC007517, BE327572, BM979512, DA064222
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS4833.1
      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      O76064
      Related
      ENSP00000418879.1, ENST00000469731.5
      Conserved Domains (4) summary
      COG1716
      Location:58 → 109
      FHA; Forkhead associated (FHA) domain, binds pSer, pThr, pTyr [Signal transduction mechanisms]
      cd00060
      Location:17 → 110
      FHA; Forkhead associated domain (FHA); found in eukaryotic and prokaryotic proteins. Putative nuclear signalling domain. FHA domains may bind phosphothreonine, phosphoserine and sometimes phosphotyrosine. In eukaryotes, many FHA domain-containing proteins ...
      cd16269
      Location:394 → 404
      GBP_C; coiled coil [structural motif]
      cl20817
      Location:283 → 404
      GBP_C; Guanylate-binding protein, C-terminal domain

    RNA

    1. NR_046399.2 RNA Sequence

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (3) uses an alternate splice site in the 5' coding region which results in a frameshift, compared to variant 1, and which renders the transcript a candidate for nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). Therefore, this variant is represented as non-protein coding.
      Source sequence(s)
      AB014546, AK298319, BE327572, DA064222

    RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2023_10

    The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

    Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Genomic

    1. NC_000006.12 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

      Range
      37353983..37394734
      Download
      GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

    Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Genomic

    1. NC_060930.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

      Range
      37177541..37218292
      Download
      GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)