GOLGA8A
Identifiers
Aliases	GOLGA8A, GM88, golgin A8 family member A, GOLGA8B, CFAP286, FAP286
External IDs	OMIM: 616180 HomoloGene: 121673 GeneCards: GOLGA8A
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 15 (human)[1] Band 15q14 Start 34,379,068 bp[1] End 34,437,808 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in sural nerve left lobe of thyroid gland right lobe of thyroid gland cerebellar vermis Brodmann area 23 sperm corpus epididymis right uterine tube middle temporal gyrus tibia n/a More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 23015 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000175265 n/a UniProt A7E2F4 A1A4C0 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_181077 NM_001368071 NM_001368072 NM_001386893 NM_001386895 NM_015003 NM_181076 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_851422 NP_001355000 NP_001355001 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 15: 34.38 – 34.44 Mb n/a PubMed search [2] n/a
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Golgin A8 family member A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GOLGA8A gene. ^[3]

Function

The Golgi apparatus, which participates in glycosylation and transport of proteins and lipids in the secretory pathway, consists of a series of stacked, flattened membrane sacs referred to as cisternae. Interactions between the Golgi and microtubules are thought to be important for the reorganization of the Golgi after it fragments during mitosis. The golgins constitute a family of proteins which are localized to the Golgi. This gene encodes a golgin which structurally resembles its family member GOLGA2, suggesting that they may share a similar function. There are many similar copies of this gene on chromosome 15. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

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Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.