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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======= UGT8 ======= == Gene Information == * **<color #00a2e8>Official Symbol</color>**: UGT8 * **<color #00a2e8>Official Name</color>**: UDP glycosyltransferase 8 * **<color #00a2e8>Aliases and Previous Symbols</color>**: N/A * **<color #00a2e8>Entrez ID</color>**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=7368|7368]] * **<color #00a2e8>UniProt</color>**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q16880|Q16880]] * **<color #00a2e8>Interactions</color>**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=UGT8&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **<color #00a2e8>PubMed articles</color>**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20UGT8|Open PubMed]] * **<color #00a2e8>OMIM</color>**: [[https://omim.org/entry/601291|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **<color #00a2e8>Entrez Summary</color>**: N/A * **<color #00a2e8>UniProt Summary</color>**: Catalyzes the transfer of galactose to ceramide, a key enzymatic step in the biosynthesis of galactocerebrosides, which are abundant sphingolipids of the myelin membrane of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q09426}. <button type='primary' size='sm' modal='Pfam_Domains'>Pfam Domains</button> <button type='primary' size='sm' modal='GO_terms'>GO Terms</button> <modal id='Pfam_Domains' size='lg' title='Pfam Domains'> |Glyco tran 28 C| |UDPGT| </modal> <modal id='GO_terms' size='lg' title='GO Terms'> |N-acylsphingosine galactosyltransferase activity| |UDP-galactose:glucosylceramide beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase activity| |protein localization to paranode region of axon| |galactosylceramide biosynthetic process| |galactolipid biosynthetic process| |glycosylceramide biosynthetic process| |paranodal junction assembly| |protein localization to axon| |galactosylceramide metabolic process| |galactolipid metabolic process| |glycosylceramide metabolic process| |myelin assembly| |UDP-glycosyltransferase activity| |glycosphingolipid biosynthetic process| |ceramide biosynthetic process| |glycosphingolipid metabolic process| |glycolipid biosynthetic process| |peripheral nervous system development| |ceramide metabolic process| |sphingolipid biosynthetic process| |cellular component assembly involved in morphogenesis| |cell-cell junction assembly| |myelination| |axon ensheathment| |ensheathment of neurons| |glycolipid metabolic process| |liposaccharide metabolic process| |membrane lipid biosynthetic process| |cell-cell junction organization| |sphingolipid metabolic process| |cell junction assembly| |membrane lipid metabolic process| |cell junction organization| |neuron projection morphogenesis| |plasma membrane bounded cell projection morphogenesis| |cell projection morphogenesis| |cell part morphogenesis| |amide biosynthetic process| |lipid biosynthetic process| |carbohydrate derivative biosynthetic process| |neuron projection development| |intracellular membrane-bounded organelle| |cell morphogenesis| |cellular amide metabolic process| |neuron development| |cellular component morphogenesis| |anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis| |cellular lipid metabolic process| |central nervous system development| |neuron differentiation| |carbohydrate derivative metabolic process| |cytoskeleton organization| |plasma membrane bounded cell projection organization| |cell projection organization| |lipid metabolic process| |organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process| |generation of neurons| |cellular protein localization| |cellular macromolecule localization| |neurogenesis| |cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process| |cell development| </modal> \\ === CRISPR Data === <button type='primary' size='small' modal='Compound_Hit'>Compound Hit</button> <button type='default' size='small' modal='Most_Correlated_Genes'>Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics</button> <button type='primary' size='small' modal='Essential_Avana'>Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)</button> <modal id='Compound_Hit' size='lg' title='Compound Hit'> ^Screen^Score^ |[[:results:exp407|Thapsigargin 0.005μM R07 exp407]]|-2.17| </modal> <modal id='Most_Correlated_Genes' size='lg' title='Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics'> No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. </modal> <modal id='Essential_Avana' size='lg' title='Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)'> 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| </modal> == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **<color #00a2e8>Essentiality Rank</color>**: 18083 * **<color #00a2e8>Expression level (log2 read counts)</color>**: 2.47 <button type='primary' size='small' modal='Dist_expr'>Expression Distribution</button> <modal id='Dist_expr' size='lg' title='UGT8 Expression in NALM6 Cells: 2.47'> {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}} </modal> Last modified: 2026/01/07 22:37by 127.0.0.1