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Taar8a Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Taar8a
  • Name
    trace amine-associated receptor 8A
  • Synonyms
    LOC215859
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:2685076
    NCBI Gene: 215859
  • Alliance
    gene page
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr10:23952398-23953432 bp, + strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 10, 11.42 cM
  • Mapping Data
    1 experiment
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    34 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    11
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_2685076
 protein coding gene Chr10:23952398-23953432 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0017087
 protein coding gene Chr10:22039374-22054943 (-)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0017065
 protein coding gene Chr10:21386169-21387209 (-)
AKR/J no annotation
BALB/cJ no annotation
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0016847
 protein coding gene Chr10:21971108-21973825 (-)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0017485
 protein coding gene Chr10:22727142-22729947 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ no annotation
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0016427
 protein coding gene Chr10:21842462-21847608 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0016821
 protein coding gene Chr10:23737500-23739657 (-)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0016925
 protein coding gene Chr10:21117120-21118022 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0016921
 protein coding gene Chr10:20853597-20855523 (-)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0017003
 protein coding gene Chr10:22022342-22025388 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ no annotation
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0017520
 protein coding gene Chr10:21596458-21597836 (+)
PWK/PhJ no annotation
SPRET/EiJ no annotation
WSB/EiJ no annotation



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    TAAR8, trace amine associated receptor 8
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    65
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    TAAR8, trace amine associated receptor 8
  • Synonyms
    GPR102, TA5, TaR-5, TAR5, TaR-8, TRAR5
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 83551
    neXtProt AC: NX_Q969N4
    UniProt: Q969N4

  • Chr Location
    6q23.2; chr6:132552672-132553756 (+)  GRCh38
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    12 phenotype references
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    5
  • GO References
    3
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
non-membrane-bounded organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
    707
  • Tissues
    1
  • cDNA Data
    1
  • Literature Summary
    1
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic 215859 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 1035 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript NM_001010830 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 1035 C57BL/6  
polypeptide Q5QD07 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 344 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 2
    cDNA 1
    Primer pair 1

    Microarray probesets 1
References
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  • Summaries
    All 27
    Developmental Gene Expression 1
    Gene Ontology 3
    Phenotypes 12
  • Earliest
    J:137335 Roderick TH, Chromosomal inversions in studies of mammalian mutagenesis. Genetics. 1979 May;92(1 Pt 1 Suppl):s121-6
  • Latest
    J:322210 Fei A, et al., Coordination of two enhancers drives expression of olfactory trace amine-associated receptors. Nat Commun. 2021 Jun 18;12(1):3798
Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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