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LHX8 LIM homeobox 8 [ Macaca mulatta (Rhesus monkey) ]

Gene ID: 709153, updated on 10-Feb-2026
Official Symbol
LHX8provided by VGNC
Official Full Name
LIM homeobox 8provided by VGNC
Primary source
VGNC:VGNC:74144
See related
Ensembl:ENSMMUG00000005287
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
MODEL
Organism
Macaca mulatta
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Cercopithecidae; Cercopithecinae; Macaca
Orthologs
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Location:
chromosome: 1
Exon count:
11
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2025_08 current T2T-MMU8v2.0 (GCF_049350105.2) 1 NC_133406.1 (165414059..165446887, complement)
103 previous assembly Mmul_10 (GCF_003339765.1) 1 NC_041754.1 (149255871..149280620, complement)

Chromosome 1 - NC_133406.1Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene solute carrier family 44 member 5 Neighboring gene U6 spliceosomal RNA Neighboring gene U6 spliceosomal RNA Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC106999234 Neighboring gene tRNA-yW synthesizing protein 3 homolog

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. A new rhesus macaque assembly and annotation for next-generation sequencing analyses. Zimin AV, et al. Biol Direct, 2014 Oct 14. PMID 25319552, Free PMC Article
  2. Manual GO annotation of predictive protein signatures: the InterPro approach to GO curation. Burge S, et al. Database (Oxford), 2012. PMID 22301074, Free PMC Article
  3. TreeGrafter: phylogenetic tree-based annotation of proteins with Gene Ontology terms and other annotations. Tang H, et al. Bioinformatics, 2019 Feb 1. PMID 30032202, Free PMC Article

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

Markers

Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by RefSeq

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
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enables RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
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Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in forebrain neuron development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
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involved_in neuron differentiation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
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involved_in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
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Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in nucleus IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
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Preferred Names
LIM/homeobox protein Lhx8

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RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_049350105.2-RS_2025_08

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference T2T-MMU8v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_133406.1 Reference T2T-MMU8v2.0

    Range
    165414059..165446887 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_077988346.1 → XP_077844472.1  LIM/homeobox protein Lhx8 isoform X3

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A5F8A017, F7BBF9

  2. XM_077988348.1 → XP_077844474.1  LIM/homeobox protein Lhx8 isoform X4

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A5F8A017

  3. XM_077988337.1 → XP_077844463.1  LIM/homeobox protein Lhx8 isoform X2

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A5F8A017

  4. XM_015142672.3 → XP_014998158.2  LIM/homeobox protein Lhx8 isoform X1

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A5F8A017
Nucleotide Protein
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