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S100a8 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    S100a8
  • Name
    S100 calcium binding protein A8 (calgranulin A)
  • Synonyms
    60B8Ag, B8Ag, Caga, CFAg, CP-10, MRP8, p8
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:88244
    NCBI Gene: 20201
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    3 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr3:90576378-90577341 bp, + strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
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  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 3, 39.90 cM, cytoband F1-F2
  • Mapping Data
    5 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    195 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
  • RFLP
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_88244
protein coding gene Chr3:90576285-90577342 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0027479
protein coding gene Chr3:91009239-91010306 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0027443
protein coding gene Chr3:87966336-87967393 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0027408
protein coding gene Chr3:90131395-90132452 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0027452
protein coding gene Chr3:87924097-87925156 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0027194
protein coding gene Chr3:90294823-90295880 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0027898
protein coding gene Chr3:94412528-94413585 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0025251
protein coding gene Chr3:83468197-83470591 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0026640
protein coding gene Chr3:90696532-90697607 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0027169
protein coding gene Chr3:97613750-97614807 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0027306
protein coding gene Chr3:87333670-87334729 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0027274
protein coding gene Chr3:85661211-85662268 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0027415
protein coding gene Chr3:92064285-92065352 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0027295
protein coding gene Chr3:103869039-103870103 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0027957
protein coding gene Chr3:89882871-89883930 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0026374
protein coding gene Chr3:87232561-87233628 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0026194
protein coding gene Chr3:89075687-89076747 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0026722
protein coding gene Chr3:90288819-90289886 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    S100A8, S100 calcium binding protein A8
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    2
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    S100A8, S100 calcium binding protein A8
  • Synonyms
    60B8AG, CAGA, CFAG, CGLA, CP-10, L1Ag, MA387, MIF, MRP8, NIF, P8, S100-A8
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 6279
    neXtProt AC: NX_P05109
    UniProt: P05109

  • Chr Location
    1q21.3; chr1:153390032-153422583 (-)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    1 with human S100A8 associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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  • References
    1 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    6 phenotypes from 2 alleles in 3 genetic backgrounds
    59 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Homozygous disruption of this gene results in complete embryonic lethality. The exact timing of lethality varies between alleles.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
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
membraneless 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
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic 20201 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 964 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript NM_013650 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 392 ZRU/MplStud  
polypeptide P27005 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 89 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 27
    Genomic 3
    cDNA 20
    Primer pair 2
    Other 2

    Microarray probesets 3
Other
Accession IDs
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MGD-MRK-1725, MGI:2139672
References
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  • Summaries
    All 167
    Developmental Gene Expression 17
    Diseases 1
    Gene Ontology 13
    Phenotypes 59
  • Earliest
    J:1255 Lagasse E, et al., Mouse MRP8 and MRP14, two intracellular calcium-binding proteins associated with the development of the myeloid lineage. Blood. 1992 Apr 15;79(8):1907-15
  • Latest
    J:355461 Deng Z, et al., Single-cell transcriptomics reveals the cellular identity of a novel progenitor population crucial for murine neural tube closure. Heliyon. 2024 Sep 15;10(17):e37259

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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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last database update
11/19/2024
MGI 6.24
The Jackson Laboratory