Gene

slc2a8

ID

ZDB-GENE-030829-25

Name

solute carrier family 2 member 8

Symbol

slc2a8 Nomenclature History

Previous Names

slc2a8l (1)
sb:cb753
sb:cb808
zgc:56364
zglut8 (1)

Type

protein_coding_gene

Location

Chr: 5 Mapping Details/Browsers

Description

Predicted to enable glucose transmembrane transporter activity. Predicted to be involved in glucose transmembrane transport. Predicted to act upstream of or within carbohydrate transport and transmembrane transport. Predicted to be active in membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including gill; muscle; nervous system; pericardial region; and pleuroperitoneal region. Orthologous to human SLC2A8 (solute carrier family 2 member 8).

Genome Resources

Note

None

Comparative Information

Expression

All Expression Data

17 figures from 3 publications

Cross-Species Comparison

High Throughput Data

GEO (1)

Expression Atlas

UO scRNA-seq (UCSC browser)

Single Cell Expression Atlas

Daniocell

Thisse Expression Data

cb753 (15 images)
cb808 (7 images)

Wild Type Expression Summary

Phenotype

All Phenotype Data: No data available
Cross-Species Comparison: Alliance

Phenotype Summary

Mutations

Mutants

Sequence Targeting Reagents

Human Disease

Associated With slc2a8 Human Ortholog

No data available

Associated With slc2a8 Via Experimental Models

No data available

Gene Ontology

Protein Domains

Domain, Family, and Site Summary

Type	InterPro ID	Name
Conserved_site	IPR005829	Sugar transporter, conserved site
Domain	IPR020846	Major facilitator superfamily domain
Family	IPR003663	Sugar/inositol transporter
Family	IPR005828	Major facilitator, sugar transporter-like
Family	IPR050549	Major Facilitator Superfamily Trehalose Transporter
Homologous_superfamily	IPR036259	MFS transporter superfamily