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Facts about Dynein heavy chain 8, axonemal.
Dynein has ATPase activity; the force-producing power stroke is supposed to occur on release of ADP. Involved in sperm motility; implicated in sperm flagellar assembly (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | DNAH8 |
| Uniprot: | Q96JB1 |
| Entrez: | 1769 |

| Belongs to: |
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| dynein heavy chain family |

ATPase; axonemal; dynein, axonemal, heavy chain 8; dynein, axonemal, heavy polypeptide 8; FLJ25850; FLJ36115; FLJ36334; hdhc9
Mass (kDA):
514.664 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6p21.2 |
| Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (38715311..39030798) |
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, cilium axoneme.





PMID: 12297094 by Samant S.A., et al. The T complex distorter 2 candidate gene, Dnahc8, encodes at least two testis-specific axonemal dynein heavy chains that differ extensively at their amino and carboxyl termini.
PMID: 9373155 by Neesen J., et al. Identification of dynein heavy chain genes expressed in human and mouse testis: chromosomal localization of an axonemal dynein gene.