Human Gene SLC6A8 (uc004fib.3)
  Description: Homo sapiens solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, creatine), member 8 (SLC6A8), transcript variant 1, mRNA.
RefSeq Summary (NM_005629): 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].
Transcript (Including UTRs)
   Position: hg19 chrX:152,953,752-152,962,048 Size: 8,297 Total Exon Count: 13 Strand: +
Coding Region
   Position: hg19 chrX:152,954,030-152,960,669 Size: 6,640 Coding Exon Count: 13 

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CTDGene AllelesRNA-Seq ExpressionMicroarray ExpressionRNA StructureProtein Structure
Other SpeciesGO AnnotationsmRNA DescriptionsPathwaysOther NamesGeneReviews
Model InformationMethods
Data last updated at UCSC: 2013-06-14

-  Sequence and Links to Tools and Databases
 
Genomic Sequence (chrX:152,953,752-152,962,048)mRNA (may differ from genome)Protein (635 aa)
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-  Comments and Description Text from UniProtKB
  ID: SC6A8_HUMAN
DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Sodium- and chloride-dependent creatine transporter 1; Short=CT1; Short=Creatine transporter 1; AltName: Full=Solute carrier family 6 member 8;
FUNCTION: Required for the uptake of creatine in muscles and brain.
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Predominantly expressed in skeletal muscle and kidney. Also found in brain, heart, colon, testis and prostate.
DISEASE: Defects in SLC6A8 are the cause of X-linked creatine deficiency syndrome (XL-CDS) [MIM:300352]. XL-CDS causes developmental delay, hypotonia, mental retardation, seizures, short stature and midface hypoplasia.
SIMILARITY: Belongs to the sodium:neurotransmitter symporter (SNF) (TC 2.A.22) family. SLC6A8 subfamily.
WEB RESOURCE: Name=GeneReviews; URL="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/GeneTests/lab/gene/SLC6A8";

-  Primer design for this transcript
 

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-  Genetic Association Studies of Complex Diseases and Disorders
  Genetic Association Database (archive): SLC6A8
CDC HuGE Published Literature: SLC6A8

-  MalaCards Disease Associations
  MalaCards Gene Search: SLC6A8
Diseases sorted by gene-association score: cerebral creatine deficiency syndrome 1* (1591), creatine deficiency syndromes* (120), slc6a8-related creatine transporter deficiency* (100), cerebral creatine deficiency syndrome (29), cerebral creatine deficiency syndrome 2 (10), cerebral creatine deficiency syndrome 3 (10), hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinemia syndrome (8), amino acid metabolic disorder (4), autism spectrum disorder (2), specific developmental disorder (1)
* = Manually curated disease association

-  Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD)
  The following chemicals interact with this gene           more ... click here to view the complete list

+  Common Gene Haplotype Alleles
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-  RNA-Seq Expression Data from GTEx (53 Tissues, 570 Donors)
  Highest median expression: 45.41 RPKM in Heart - Left Ventricle
Total median expression: 1132.26 RPKM



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+  Microarray Expression Data
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-  mRNA Secondary Structure of 3' and 5' UTRs
 
RegionFold EnergyBasesEnergy/Base
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5' UTR -123.50278-0.444 Picture PostScript Text
3' UTR -524.731379-0.381 Picture PostScript Text

The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.

-  Protein Domain and Structure Information
  InterPro Domains: Graphical view of domain structure
IPR000175 - Na/ntran_symport
IPR002984 - Na/ntran_symport_creatine

Pfam Domains:
PF00209 - Sodium:neurotransmitter symporter family

ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on P48029
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-  Orthologous Genes in Other Species
  Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.
MouseRatZebrafishD. melanogasterC. elegansS. cerevisiae
No orthologNo orthologGenome BrowserNo orthologNo orthologNo ortholog
      
      
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  Protein Sequence   
  Alignment   

-  Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations with Structured Vocabulary
  Molecular Function:
GO:0003674 molecular_function
GO:0005308 creatine transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0005309 creatine:sodium symporter activity
GO:0005328 neurotransmitter:sodium symporter activity
GO:0015293 symporter activity

Biological Process:
GO:0006600 creatine metabolic process
GO:0006811 ion transport
GO:0006814 sodium ion transport
GO:0006836 neurotransmitter transport
GO:0006936 muscle contraction
GO:0015881 creatine transport

Cellular Component:
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0005887 integral component of plasma membrane
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane


-  Descriptions from all associated GenBank mRNAs
  LF211523 - JP 2014500723-A/19026: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
L31409 - Homo sapiens creatine transporter mRNA, complete cds.
BC081558 - Homo sapiens solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, creatine), member 8, mRNA (cDNA clone MGC:87396 IMAGE:4823748), complete cds.
JD126229 - Sequence 107253 from Patent EP1572962.
MA447100 - JP 2018138019-A/19026: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
JD406037 - Sequence 387061 from Patent EP1572962.
JD129438 - Sequence 110462 from Patent EP1572962.
JD142243 - Sequence 123267 from Patent EP1572962.
AB209704 - Homo sapiens mRNA for solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, creatine), member 8 variant protein.
S74039 - Homo sapiens creatine transporter (creatine transporter, hCRT-BS2M) mRNA, complete cds.
BC012355 - Homo sapiens solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, creatine), member 8, mRNA (cDNA clone MGC:20403 IMAGE:4634609), complete cds.
DQ892306 - Synthetic construct clone IMAGE:100004936; FLH185069.01X; RZPDo839E11146D solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, creatine), member 8 (SLC6A8) gene, encodes complete protein.
DQ895505 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone IMAGE:100009965; FLH185065.01L; RZPDo839E11145D solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, creatine), member 8 (SLC6A8) gene, encodes complete protein.
KJ534942 - Homo sapiens clone SLC6A8_iso-D_adult-A01 solute carrier family 6 member 8 isoform D (SLC6A8) mRNA, partial cds, alternatively spliced.
KJ534943 - Homo sapiens clone SLC6A8_iso-A_adult-A04 solute carrier family 6 member 8 isoform A (SLC6A8) mRNA, partial cds, alternatively spliced.
KJ534944 - Homo sapiens clone SLC6A8_iso-B_fetal-F05 solute carrier family 6 member 8 isoform B (SLC6A8) mRNA, partial cds, alternatively spliced.
KJ534945 - Homo sapiens clone SLC6A8_iso-C_fetal-F11 solute carrier family 6 member 8 isoform C (SLC6A8) mRNA, partial cds, alternatively spliced.
AK295495 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ51860 complete cds, highly similar to Sodium-and chloride-dependent creatinetransporter 1.
AK309060 - Homo sapiens cDNA, FLJ99101.
JD239175 - Sequence 220199 from Patent EP1572962.
JD497194 - Sequence 478218 from Patent EP1572962.
JD420355 - Sequence 401379 from Patent EP1572962.
JD541082 - Sequence 522106 from Patent EP1572962.
JD432841 - Sequence 413865 from Patent EP1572962.
LF380729 - JP 2014500723-A/188232: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
KC800563 - Homo sapiens creatine transporter SLC6A8 variant D (SLC6A8) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.
EU280316 - Homo sapiens creatine transporter SLC6A8 splice variant C (SLC6A8) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.
U17986 - Human GABA/noradrenaline transporter mRNA, complete cds.
JD210760 - Sequence 191784 from Patent EP1572962.
JD201042 - Sequence 182066 from Patent EP1572962.
JD255885 - Sequence 236909 from Patent EP1572962.
JD184489 - Sequence 165513 from Patent EP1572962.
LF380735 - JP 2014500723-A/188238: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
LF380736 - JP 2014500723-A/188239: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
JD513132 - Sequence 494156 from Patent EP1572962.
JD399861 - Sequence 380885 from Patent EP1572962.
JD565770 - Sequence 546794 from Patent EP1572962.
LF380738 - JP 2014500723-A/188241: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
JD313651 - Sequence 294675 from Patent EP1572962.
JD507780 - Sequence 488804 from Patent EP1572962.
LF380739 - JP 2014500723-A/188242: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
JD121584 - Sequence 102608 from Patent EP1572962.
JD121585 - Sequence 102609 from Patent EP1572962.
JD115685 - Sequence 96709 from Patent EP1572962.
JD320660 - Sequence 301684 from Patent EP1572962.
JD375844 - Sequence 356868 from Patent EP1572962.
JD099619 - Sequence 80643 from Patent EP1572962.
JD423775 - Sequence 404799 from Patent EP1572962.
MA616306 - JP 2018138019-A/188232: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA616312 - JP 2018138019-A/188238: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA616313 - JP 2018138019-A/188239: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA616315 - JP 2018138019-A/188241: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA616316 - JP 2018138019-A/188242: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
JD054832 - Sequence 35856 from Patent EP1572962.
JD365576 - Sequence 346600 from Patent EP1572962.
JD054363 - Sequence 35387 from Patent EP1572962.
LF380741 - JP 2014500723-A/188244: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
JD073913 - Sequence 54937 from Patent EP1572962.
JD481690 - Sequence 462714 from Patent EP1572962.
JD481691 - Sequence 462715 from Patent EP1572962.
JD471319 - Sequence 452343 from Patent EP1572962.
JD178120 - Sequence 159144 from Patent EP1572962.
JD064128 - Sequence 45152 from Patent EP1572962.
JD471736 - Sequence 452760 from Patent EP1572962.
LF380742 - JP 2014500723-A/188245: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
JD197405 - Sequence 178429 from Patent EP1572962.
LF380743 - JP 2014500723-A/188246: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
LF380744 - JP 2014500723-A/188247: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
JD266797 - Sequence 247821 from Patent EP1572962.
JD180796 - Sequence 161820 from Patent EP1572962.
JD282287 - Sequence 263311 from Patent EP1572962.
JD049840 - Sequence 30864 from Patent EP1572962.
JD362657 - Sequence 343681 from Patent EP1572962.
JD374105 - Sequence 355129 from Patent EP1572962.
JD043862 - Sequence 24886 from Patent EP1572962.
JD065956 - Sequence 46980 from Patent EP1572962.
JD116048 - Sequence 97072 from Patent EP1572962.
JD496839 - Sequence 477863 from Patent EP1572962.
JD253379 - Sequence 234403 from Patent EP1572962.
JD438017 - Sequence 419041 from Patent EP1572962.
LF380745 - JP 2014500723-A/188248: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA616318 - JP 2018138019-A/188244: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA616319 - JP 2018138019-A/188245: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA616320 - JP 2018138019-A/188246: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA616321 - JP 2018138019-A/188247: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA616322 - JP 2018138019-A/188248: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.

-  Biochemical and Signaling Pathways
  Reactome (by CSHL, EBI, and GO)

Protein P48029 (Reactome details) participates in the following event(s):

R-HSA-200396 Creatine transport across the plasma membrane
R-HSA-71288 Creatine metabolism
R-HSA-351202 Metabolism of polyamines
R-HSA-71291 Metabolism of nitrogenous molecules
R-HSA-1430728 Metabolism

-  Other Names for This Gene
  Alternate Gene Symbols: B2KY47, NM_005629, NP_001136278, P48029, Q13032, Q66I36, SC6A8_HUMAN
UCSC ID: uc004fib.3
RefSeq Accession: NM_005629
Protein: P48029 (aka SC6A8_HUMAN or S6A8_HUMAN)
CCDS: CCDS14726.1

-  GeneReviews for This Gene
  GeneReviews article(s) related to gene SLC6A8:
creatine (Creatine Deficiency Disorders)
dystonia-ov (Hereditary Dystonia Overview)

-  Gene Model Information
 
category: coding nonsense-mediated-decay: no RNA accession: NM_005629.3
exon count: 13CDS single in 3' UTR: no RNA size: 3580
ORF size: 1908CDS single in intron: no Alignment % ID: 100.00
txCdsPredict score: 3730.00frame shift in genome: no % Coverage: 99.58
has start codon: yes stop codon in genome: no # of Alignments: 1
has end codon: yes retained intron: no # AT/AC introns 0
selenocysteine: no end bleed into intron: 0# strange splices: 0
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