SLC6A8

Gene Information
  • Official Symbol: SLC6A8
  • Official Name: solute carrier family 6 member 8
  • Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
  • Entrez ID: 6535
  • UniProt: P48029
  • Interactions: BioGRID
  • PubMed articles: Open PubMed
  • OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
  • Entrez Summary: The protein encoded by this gene is a plasma membrane protein whose function is to transport creatine into and out of cells. Defects in this gene can result in X-linked creatine deficiency syndrome. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2008].
  • UniProt Summary: Required for the uptake of creatine in muscles and brain.

Pfam Domains GO Terms


CRISPR Data

Compound Hit Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)

Essentiality in NALM6
  • Essentiality Rank: 11582
  • Expression level (log2 read counts): -0.59

Expression Distribution

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