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Antibody validation

Dictionary

Level of antibody staining/expression





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GENERAL INFORMATION

Gene name

TMEM8A

Gene description

Transmembrane protein 8A

Protein class

Predicted intracellular proteins
Predicted membrane proteins

Predicted localization

Intracellular,Membrane

Number of transcripts

5
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HUMAN PROTEIN ATLAS INFORMATION

RNA category

TCGA (cancer tissue):Expressed in all
HPA (cell line):Expressed in all
HPA (normal tissue):Expressed in all

Protein evidence

Evidence at protein level

Protein expression
normal tissue

Cytoplasmic expression in most tissues.

ANTIBODY IHC RELIABILITY

Data reliability
description

Antibody staining mainly not consistent with RNA expression data.

Reliability score

Approved based on 1 antibody.
HPA051281
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PROGNOSTIC SUMMARY

Prognostic marker in renal cancer (favourable).
Renal cancer p<0.001
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RNA EXPRESSION OVERVIEW

TCGA dataset
RNA cancer category: Expressed in all

PROTEIN EXPRESSION

Colorectal cancer
Breast cancer
Prostate cancer
Lung cancer
Liver cancer

STAINING SUMMARY

HPA051281

Cancer

Cancer staining

Protein
expression of
normal tissue

Breast cancer
 
Carcinoid
 
Cervical cancer
 
 
Colorectal cancer
 
 
Endometrial cancer
 
 
Glioma
 
Head and neck cancer
 
 
Liver cancer
 
 
Lung cancer
 
 
Lymphoma
 
 
 

Cancer

Cancer staining

Protein
expression of
normal tissue

Melanoma
 
Ovarian cancer
 
Pancreatic cancer
 
Prostate cancer
 
Renal cancer
 
Skin cancer
 
Stomach cancer
 
 
Testis cancer
 
Thyroid cancer
 
Urothelial cancer
 

Staining summary

Cancer tissues displayed weak to moderate cytoplasmic positivity. A few cases of urothelial cancers along with rare case each of melanoma, testicular and pancreatic cancer showed strong immunoreactivity. Several carcinoids were negative.

GENE INFORMATION

Gene name

TMEM8A (HGNC Symbol)

Synonyms

M83, TMEM6, TMEM8

Description

Transmembrane protein 8A (HGNC Symbol)

Entrez gene summary

Chromosome

16

Cytoband

p13.3

Chromosome location (bp)

370773 - 387113

Protein evidence

Evidence at protein level (all genes)

Ensembl

ENSG00000129925 (version 83.38)

Entrez gene

58986

UniProt

Q9HCN3 (UniProt - Evidence at protein level)

neXtProt

NX_Q9HCN3

Antibodypedia

TMEM8A antibodies

PROTEIN BROWSER

TMEM8A-001
TMEM8A-002
TMEM8A-005
TMEM8A-006
TMEM8A-008

PROTEIN INFORMATION

Splice variant

UniProt

Protein class

Gene ontology

Length & mass

Signal peptide
(predicted)

Transmembrane regions
(predicted)

TMEM8A-001
ENSP00000401338
ENST00000431232
Q9HCN3 [Direct mapping]
Transmembrane protein 8A
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Predicted membrane proteins
   Prediction method-based
   Membrane proteins predicted by MDM
   MEMSAT3 predicted membrane proteins
   MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins
   Phobius predicted membrane proteins
   SCAMPI predicted membrane proteins
   SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins
   THUMBUP predicted membrane proteins
   TMHMM predicted membrane proteins
   # TM segments-based
   7TM proteins predicted by MDM
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0003674 [molecular_function]
GO:0005515 [protein binding]
GO:0005765 [lysosomal membrane]
GO:0005886 [plasma membrane]
GO:0005887 [integral component of plasma membrane]
GO:0007155 [cell adhesion]
GO:0008150 [biological_process]
GO:0070062 [extracellular exosome]
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771 aa
84.8 kDa
Yes 7
TMEM8A-002
ENSP00000250930
ENST00000250930
K4DI83 [Direct mapping]
Transmembrane protein 8 (Five membrane-spanning domains), isoform CRA_a; Transmembrane protein 8A
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Predicted membrane proteins
   Prediction method-based
   Membrane proteins predicted by MDM
   MEMSAT3 predicted membrane proteins
   MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins
   Phobius predicted membrane proteins
   SCAMPI predicted membrane proteins
   SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins
   THUMBUP predicted membrane proteins
   TMHMM predicted membrane proteins
   # TM segments-based
   7TM proteins predicted by MDM
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0005515 [protein binding]
GO:0005886 [plasma membrane]
GO:0016021 [integral component of membrane]
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578 aa
64.4 kDa
No 7
TMEM8A-005
ENSP00000397620
ENST00000424078
H0Y5B2 [Direct mapping]
Transmembrane protein 8A
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Predicted membrane proteins
   Prediction method-based
   Membrane proteins predicted by MDM
   MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins
   Phobius predicted membrane proteins
   SCAMPI predicted membrane proteins
   SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins
   THUMBUP predicted membrane proteins
   TMHMM predicted membrane proteins
   # TM segments-based
   6TM proteins predicted by MDM
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0005886 [plasma membrane]
GO:0016021 [integral component of membrane]
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239 aa
26.9 kDa
No 6
TMEM8A-006
ENSP00000401931
ENST00000448854
H7C1S0 [Direct mapping]
Transmembrane protein 8A
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Predicted membrane proteins
   Prediction method-based
   Membrane proteins predicted by MDM
   MEMSAT3 predicted membrane proteins
   MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins
   Phobius predicted membrane proteins
   SCAMPI predicted membrane proteins
   SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins
   THUMBUP predicted membrane proteins
   TMHMM predicted membrane proteins
   # TM segments-based
   5TM proteins predicted by MDM
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0005515 [protein binding]
GO:0005886 [plasma membrane]
GO:0016021 [integral component of membrane]
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243 aa
27.4 kDa
No 5
TMEM8A-008
ENSP00000410987
ENST00000427313
C9J8D7 [Direct mapping]
Transmembrane protein 8A
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Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0005886 [plasma membrane]
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21 aa
2.4 kDa
No 0

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