Gene: PHF8

Basic information

Tag Content
Uniprot ID Q9UPP1; B3KMV4; B7Z911; Q5H9U5; Q5JPR9; Q5JPS0; Q5JPS2; Q5JPS3; Q5VUJ4; Q7Z6D4; Q9HAH2;
Entrez ID 23133
Genbank protein ID AAH53861.1; CAI45929.1; BAB13877.1; BAG51116.1; BAA83063.1; BAH14147.1;
Genbank nucleotide ID XM_017029362.1; NM_001184896.1; NM_015107.2; NM_001184897.1;
Ensembl protein ID ENSP00000319473; ENSP00000340051; ENSP00000350676; ENSP00000338868;
Ensembl nucleotide ID ENSG00000172943
Gene name Histone lysine demethylase PHF8
Gene symbol PHF8
Organism Homo sapiens
NCBI taxa ID 9606
Cleft type CPO,CL/P
Developmental stage
Data sources Manually collected
Reference 17661819; 17594395; 16199551;
Functional description Histone lysine demethylase with selectivity for the di- and monomethyl states that plays a key role cell cycle progression, rDNA transcription and brain development. Demethylates mono- and dimethylated histone H3 'Lys-9' residue (H3K9Me1 and H3K9Me2), dimethylated H3 'Lys-27' (H3K27Me2) and monomethylated histone H4 'Lys-20' residue (H4K20Me1). Acts as a transcription activator as H3K9Me1, H3K9Me2, H3K27Me2 and H4K20Me1 are epigenetic repressive marks. Involved in cell cycle progression by being required to control G1-S transition. Acts as a coactivator of rDNA transcription, by activating polymerase I (pol I) mediated transcription of rRNA genes. Required for brain development, probably by regulating expression of neuron-specific genes. Only has activity toward H4K20Me1 when nucleosome is used as a substrate and when not histone octamer is used as substrate. May also have weak activity toward dimethylated H3 'Lys-36' (H3K36Me2), however, the relevance of this result remains unsure in vivo. Specifically binds trimethylated 'Lys-4' of histone H3 (H3K4me3), affecting histone demethylase specificity: has weak activity toward H3K9Me2 in absence of H3K4me3, while it has high activity toward H3K9me2 when binding H3K4me3.
Sequence
MNRSRAIVQR GRVLPPPAPL DTTNLAGRRT LQGRAKMASV PVYCLCRLPY DVTRFMIECD 60
MCQDWFHGSC VGVEEEKAAD IDLYHCPNCE VLHGPSIMKK RRGSSKGHDT HKGKPVKTGS 120
PTFVRELRSR TFDSSDEVIL KPTGNQLTVE FLEENSFSVP ILVLKKDGLG MTLPSPSFTV 180
RDVEHYVGSD KEIDVIDVTR QADCKMKLGD FVKYYYSGKR EKVLNVISLE FSDTRLSNLV 240
ETPKIVRKLS WVENLWPEEC VFERPNVQKY CLMSVRDSYT DFHIDFGGTS VWYHVLKGEK 300
IFYLIRPTNA NLTLFECWSS SSNQNEMFFG DQVDKCYKCS VKQGQTLFIP TGWIHAVLTP 360
VDCLAFGGNF LHSLNIEMQL KAYEIEKRLS TADLFRFPNF ETICWYVGKH ILDIFRGLRE 420
NRRHPASYLV HGGKALNLAF RAWTRKEALP DHEDEIPETV RTVQLIKDLA REIRLVEDIF 480
QQNVGKTSNI FGLQRIFPAG SIPLTRPAHS TSVSMSRLSL PSKNGSKKKG LKPKELFKKA 540
ERKGKESSAL GPAGQLSYNL MDTYSHQALK TGSFQKAKFN ITGACLNDSD DDSPDLDLDG 600
NESPLALLMS NGSTKRVKSL SKSRRTKIAK KVDKARLMAE QVMEDEFDLD SDDELQIDER 660
LGKEKATLII RPKFPRKLPR AKPCSDPNRV REPGEVEFDI EEDYTTDEDM VEGVEGKLGN 720
GSGAGGILDL LKASRQVGGP DYAALTEAPA SPSTQEAIQG MLCMANLQSS SSSPATSSLQ 780
AWWTGGQDRS SGSSSSGLGT VSNSPASQRT PGKRPIKRPA YWRTESEEEE ENASLDEQDS 840
LGACFKDAEY IYPSLESDDD DPALKSRPKK KKNSDDAPWS PKARVTPTLP KQDRPVREGT 900
RVASIETGLA AAAAKLAQQE LQKAQKKKYI KKKPLLKEVE QPRPQDSNLS LTVPAPTVAA 960
TPQLVTSSSP LPPPEPKQEA LSGSLADHEY TARPNAFGMA QANRSTTPMA PGVFLTQRRP 1020
SVGSQSNQAG QGKRPKKGLA TAKQRLGRIL KIHRNGKLLL

Abbreviation :
CLO : cleft lip only. CPO : cleft palate only. CLP : cleft lip and palate. CL/P : cleft lip with/without cleft palate.
For humans: CL/P, CLO, CPO, and CLP. For mice: CLO, CLP, and CPO.

Gene expression in different tissues (ENCODE)