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Facts about Sialic acid-binding Ig-like lectin 8.
Also binds to alpha-2,6-linked sialic acid. The sialic acid recognition site may be masked by cis interactions with sialic acids on the same cell surface (PubMed:10625619).
Human | |
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Gene Name: | SIGLEC8 |
Uniprot: | Q9NYZ4 |
Entrez: | 27181 |
Belongs to: |
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immunoglobulin superfamily |
CD329 antigen; CDw329; MGC59785; SAF2; SAF2SAF-2; sialic acid binding Ig-like lectin 8; Sialoadhesin family member 2; Siglec8; Siglec-8; SIGLEC8L; SIGLEC8Lsialic acid-binding Ig-like lectin 8
Mass (kDA):
54.042 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 19q13.41 |
Sequence: | 19; NC_000019.10 (51450997..51458454, complement) |
Expressed specifically on red blood cells namely basophil, mast cells and eosinophils.
Membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.
PMID: 11095983 by Foussias G., et al. Molecular characterization of a siglec8 variant containing cytoplasmic tyrosine-based motifs, and mapping of the siglec8 gene.
PMID: 10856141 by Kikly K.K., et al. Identification of SAF-2, a novel siglec expressed on eosinophils, mast cells, and basophils.