Protein Name lysine demethylase 8
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 79831
Gene Symbol

KDM8

UniProt Q8N371 (KDM8_HUMAN), A0A0S2Z5T1 (A0A0S2Z5T1_HUMAN), A0A0S2Z5P8 (A0A0S2Z5P8_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 20
Total Number of Articles : 13
Description

lysine demethylase 8

Gene Summary

This gene likely encodes a histone lysine demethylase. Studies of a similar protein in mouse indicate a potential role for this protein as a tumor suppressor. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described.[provided by RefSeq, Feb 2009]

synonyms
  • bifunctional peptidase and arginyl-hydroxylase JMJD5
  • JmjC arginyl-hydroxylase
  • L-arginine (3R)-hydroxylase KDM8
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Properties