STX8
Chr 17syntaxin 8
Vesicle trafficking protein that functions in the early secretory pathway, possibly by mediating retrograde transport from cis-Golgi membranes to the ER
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ClinVar variants
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Pathogenic / LP
0.00
pLI score
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Active trials
Clinical Summary— STX8
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Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Low constraint (pLI 0.00) — loss-of-function variants are relatively tolerated in the population.
Population Genetics & Constraint
gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance
Tolerant — LoF & missense variants common in population
LoF Constraint?LOEUF (Loss-of-function Observed/Expected Upper bound Fraction) is the upper bound of the 90% CI for LoF OE — the preferred gnomAD v4 metric. Lower = more intolerant to LoF. LOEUF < 0.35 = highly constrained.
1.25LOEUF
pLI 0.000
Z-score 0.77
OE 0.80 (0.53–1.25)
Highly tolerant — LoF variants common in population
Missense Constraint?Missense Z-score: standard deviations fewer missense variants observed vs. expected. Z > 3.09 (p < 0.001) = gene does not tolerate missense variation. OE missense < 0.6 is also considered constrained.
-0.54Z-score
OE missense 1.13 (0.99–1.30)
148 obs / 130.5 exp
Tolerant to missense variation
Observed / Expected Ratios?Shaded band = 90% confidence interval. Vertical tick = point estimate. Grey threshold line = gnomAD constraint cutoff for that variant class.
LoF OE?Ratio of observed to expected LoF variants. Upper CI bound (LOEUF) ≤ 0.35 = strong LoF constraint signal.0.80 (0.53–1.25)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.1.13 (0.99–1.30)
0≤0.61.4
Synonymous OE?Control metric — synonymous variants are largely neutral and expected near OE = 1.0. Significant deviation may indicate annotation issues.0.83
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 14 / 17.5Missense obs/exp: 148 / 130.5Syn Z: 0.90
ClinVar Variant Classifications
0 submitted variants in ClinVar
Protein Context — Lollipop Plot
STX8 · protein map & ClinVar variants
Showing all ClinVar variants across the protein. Search a specific variant to highlight its position.
OMIM — Genotype-Phenotype Relationships
1 OMIM entry
SYNTAXIN 8; STX8
MIM #604203 · *
External Resources
Links to major genomics databases and tools
Variant Interpretation
Population Databases
Gene Resources
Expert Curation
ClinGen
Expert-curated gene-disease validity
GenCC
Gene Curation Coalition — multi-curator classifications
Orphanet
Rare disease encyclopedia and gene-disease associations
PanelApp
Gene panels for rare disease diagnostics (Genomics England)
LOVD
Leiden Open Variation Database — variant listings
GeneReviews
Expert-authored summaries of heritable conditions (NCBI)
Clinical Literature
Landmark / reviewRecent case evidence
Key Publications
Landmark & review papers · by relevance
Autism-associated synaptic vesicle transcripts are differentially expressed in maternal plasma exosomes of physiopathologic pregnancies.
Fang Y et al.·J Transl Med
2021
Identifying protein partners of CLN8, an ER-resident protein involved in neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.
Passantino R et al.·Biochim Biophys Acta
2013
Top 10 resultsSearch PubMed ↗
Recent Gene-Specific Literature
Gene in title · MEDLINE · newest first
Deciphering the Role of VIM, STX8, and MIF in Pneumoconiosis Susceptibility: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis of the Lung-Gut Axis and Multi-Omics Insights from European and East Asian Populations.
Zhang CW et al.·Biomed Environ Sci
2025
Analysis of the SNARE Stx8 recycling reveals that the retromer-sorting motif has undergone evolutionary divergence.
Yanguas F et al.·PLoS Genet
2021🔓 Open Access
Molecular cloning, expression analysis, and chromosomal localization of human syntaxin 8 (STX8).
Thoreau V et al.·Biochem Biophys Res Commun
1999
Top 5 resultsSearch Europe PMC ↗
Clinical Trials
Active and recruiting trials from ClinicalTrials.gov
No active trials found for this gene.
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Links to major genomics databases and tools
Variant Interpretation
Population Databases
Gene Resources
Expert Curation
ClinGen
Expert-curated gene-disease validity
GenCC
Gene Curation Coalition — multi-curator classifications
Orphanet
Rare disease encyclopedia and gene-disease associations
PanelApp
Gene panels for rare disease diagnostics (Genomics England)
LOVD
Leiden Open Variation Database — variant listings
GeneReviews
Expert-authored summaries of heritable conditions (NCBI)