LGALS8

Lectin, galactoside-binding, soluble, 8

Rendering based on PDB 2YRO.
Identifiers
Symbols LGALS8; Gal-8; PCTA-1; PCTA1; Po66-CBP
External IDs OMIM606099 MGI1928481 HomoloGene31386 GeneCards: LGALS8 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 3964 56048
Ensembl ENSG00000116977 ENSMUSG00000057554
UniProt O00214 Q8C6H0
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_006499.4 XM_983825
RefSeq (protein) NP_006490.3 XP_988919
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
236.68 – 236.72 Mb
Chr 13:
12.53 – 12.56 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Galectin-8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LGALS8 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a member of the galectin family. Galectins are beta-galactoside-binding animal lectins with conserved carbohydrate recognition domains. The galectins have been implicated in many essential functions including development, differentiation, cell-cell adhesion, cell-matrix interaction, growth regulation, apoptosis, and RNA splicing. This gene is widely expressed in tumoral tissues and seems to be involved in integrin-like cell interactions. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.[3]

Interactions

LGALS8 has been shown to interact with CD49d,[4] CD29[4] and CD49c.[4]

References

  1. ^ Hadari YR, Paz K, Dekel R, Mestrovic T, Accili D, Zick Y (Mar 1995). "Galectin-8. A new rat lectin, related to galectin-4". J Biol Chem 270 (7): 3447–53. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.7.3447. PMID 7852431. 
  2. ^ Su ZZ, Lin J, Shen R, Fisher PE, Goldstein NI, Fisher PB (Aug 1996). "Surface-epitope masking and expression cloning identifies the human prostate carcinoma tumor antigen gene PCTA-1 a member of the galectin gene family". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 93 (14): 7252–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.14.7252. PMC 38969. PMID 8692978. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=38969. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: LGALS8 lectin, galactoside-binding, soluble, 8 (galectin 8)". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=3964. 
  4. ^ a b c Hadari, Y R; Arbel-Goren R, Levy Y, Amsterdam A, Alon R, Zakut R, Zick Y (Jul. 2000). "Galectin-8 binding to integrins inhibits cell adhesion and induces apoptosis". J. Cell. Sci. (ENGLAND) 113 ( Pt 13): 2385–97. ISSN 0021-9533. PMID 10852818. 

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