======= DCAF8 ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: DCAF8 * **Official Name**: DDB1 and CUL4 associated factor 8 * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=50717|50717]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q5TAQ9|Q5TAQ9]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=DCAF8&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20DCAF8|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/615820|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: This gene encodes a WD repeat-containing protein that interacts with the Cul4-Ddb1 E3 ligase macromolecular complex. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2009]. * **UniProt Summary**: May function as a substrate receptor for CUL4-DDB1 E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase complex. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16949367, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16964240}. |WD40| |Cul4-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase complex| |post-translational protein modification| |protein ubiquitination| |protein modification by small protein conjugation| |protein modification by small protein conjugation or removal| |mitochondrion| \\ === CRISPR Data === ^Screen^Score^ |[[:results:exp30|Rapamycin 10μM R00 exp30]]|-2.22| |[[:results:exp78|Pterostilbene 16μM R02 exp78]]|-1.96| |[[:results:exp350|Deferoxamine 11μM R07 exp350]]|1.75| |[[:results:exp524|Staurosporine 0.02μM R08 exp524]]|1.99| |[[:results:exp66|BI-D1870 3.15μM R02 exp66]]|2.02| |[[:results:exp283|Glyphosate 1000μM R06 exp283]]|2.71| No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739 ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ |1290807.0|0/1| |909776.0|0/1| |bile duct|0/28| |blood|0/28| |bone|0/26| |breast|0/33| |central nervous system|0/56| |cervix|0/4| |colorectal|0/17| |esophagus|0/13| |fibroblast|0/1| |gastric|0/16| |kidney|0/21| |liver|0/20| |lung|0/75| |lymphocyte|0/16| |ovary|0/26| |pancreas|0/24| |peripheral nervous system|0/16| |plasma cell|0/15| |prostate|0/1| |skin|0/24| |soft tissue|0/9| |thyroid|0/2| |upper aerodigestive|0/22| |urinary tract|0/29| |uterus|0/5| == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 18492 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: 7.36 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}