ENTPD8

Ectonucleoside Triphosphate Diphosphohydrolase 8

Gene Information Card

Symbol ENTPD8
Full Name Ectonucleoside Triphosphate Diphosphohydrolase 8
Gene Type protein-coding
Chromosomal Location 9q34.3
NCBI Gene ID 377841 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/377841
Ensembl ID ENSG00000188833
UniProt ID Q5MY95
OMIM ID 615012
HGNC ID 30826
Aliases NTPDase8, ATPDase, CD39L4

Description

ENTPD8 encodes a member of the ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase (E-NTPDase) family. The encoded enzyme hydrolyzes extracellular nucleoside triphosphates (e.g., ATP, UTP) to nucleoside diphosphates and monophosphates, regulating purinergic signaling. It is a transmembrane protein expressed in various tissues, particularly in the liver and kidney.

Disease Associations

Disease category Pathophysiological mechanism Genomic evidence
Liver cancer Altered purinergic signaling via ATP hydrolysis may influence tumor microenvironment and immune response. Limited evidence from expression studies; no direct causal mutation reported in ClinVar.
Renal cell carcinoma Potential role in extracellular nucleotide metabolism affecting cell proliferation. Expression data from COSMIC; no validated mechanism.

Expression Profile

Tissue Expression
Tissue nTPM level
Liver 12.5 Medium
Kidney 8.3 Medium
Small intestine 6.1 Low
Pancreas 4.7 Low
Lung 2.1 Not detected
Cell Line Expression
Cell Line nTPM Notes
HepG2 15.2 Hepatocellular carcinoma cell line
HEK 293 7.8 Embryonic kidney cells
A549 3.4 Lung carcinoma cells
Data source:Human Protein Atlas(proteinatlas.org)

Mutations & Variants

Hotspot Mutations
Variant Type Frequency Functional Description
c.1015C>T (p.Arg339Trp) Missense <0.01% (gnomAD) Unknown functional effect; not reported in ClinVar
c.1234G>A (p.Gly412Ser) Missense <0.01% (gnomAD) Predicted benign by SIFT/PolyPhen
Mutation functional classification

Loss of Function (LOF)

No confirmed loss-of-function mutations reported in ClinVar or COSMIC.

Gain of Function (GOF)

No confirmed gain-of-function mutations reported.

Dominant Negative (DN)

No evidence for dominant-negative effects.

Pathways

Purinergic signaling (Reactome: R-HSA-418594)
Extracellular nucleotide metabolism (KEGG: hsa00230)

Protein Summary

ENTPD8 (NTPDase8) is a 495-amino acid transmembrane protein with an extracellular active site that hydrolyzes ATP and UTP to ADP/AMP and UDP/UMP, respectively. It contains four conserved apyrase domains and is anchored to the plasma membrane via two transmembrane helices. The protein regulates extracellular nucleotide concentrations, modulating purinergic receptor activation.

Related Products

Product name Cat.No. Species Gene ID
ENTPD8 Knockout HEK293 Cell Line EDJ-KQ13293 Human 377841 Details Get a Quote
ENTPD8 Knockout HeLa Cell Line EDJ-KQ59941 Human 377841 Details Get a Quote
ENTPD8 Knockout A-549 Cell Line EDJ-KQ68402 Human 377841 Details Get a Quote
ENTPD8 Knockout HCT 116 Cell Line EDJ-KQ76780 Human 377841 Details Get a Quote
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