DHX8

This gene is a member of the DEAH box polypeptide family. The encoded protein contains the DEAH (Asp-Glu-Ala-His) motif which is characteristic of all DEAH box proteins, and is thought to function as an ATP-dependent RNA helicase that regulates the release of spliced mRNAs from spliceosomes prior to their export from the nucleus. This protein may be required for the replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2014]

Description

DEAH-box helicase 8

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm, Nuclear bodies

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Enzymes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Plasma proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

17 (43483865 - 43610338)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000067596  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Dhx8: ENSMUSG00000034931

UniProt

Q14562

neXtProt

NX_Q14562

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure