transmembrane protein 8; protein M83; transmembrane protein 6 (TMEM8, TMEM8A, TMEM6)

Function

• may be a cell surface adhesion molecule

Structure

• glycosylated
• contains 1 EGF-like domain

Compartment

membrane

Expression

• expressed in pancreas, placenta, spleen, liver, kidney, bone marrow, peripheral blood leukocytes, tonsil

repressed during activation of CD4+ & CD8+ T-lymphocytes

More general terms

• membrane protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9HCN3.html