TAAR8

Chr 6

trace amine associated receptor 8

Also known as: GPR102, TA5, TAR5, TRAR5, TaR-5, TaR-8

NCBI Gene: 83551ENSG00000146385UniProt: Q969N4

This gene is part of the trace amine receptor cluster on chromosome 6 and encodes an orphan G-protein coupled receptor. Upregulated expression of this gene in astroglial cells upon exposure to lipopolysaccharides suggests a function for the encoded protein in the brain. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2016]

79
ClinVar variants
11
Pathogenic / LP
0.00
pLI score
0
Active trials
Clinical Summary— TAAR8
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Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Low constraint (pLI 0.00) — loss-of-function variants are relatively tolerated in the population.
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ClinVar Variants
11 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 64 VUS of 79 total submissions

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

gnomAD
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.
1.52LOEUF
pLI 0.000
Z-score 0.55
OE 0.79 (0.43–1.52)
Tolerant

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.
-0.57Z-score
OE missense 1.12 (1.00–1.26)
199 obs / 177.7 exp
Tolerant

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.0.79 (0.43–1.52)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.1.12 (1.00–1.26)
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.1.08
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 6 / 7.6Missense obs/exp: 199 / 177.7Syn Z: -0.54

ClinVar Variant Classifications

79 submitted variants in ClinVar

ClinVar

Classification Summary

Pathogenic11
VUS64
Likely Benign2
Benign2
11
Pathogenic
64
VUS
2
Likely Benign
2
Benign

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
0
0
11
0
11
Likely Pathogenic
0
0
0
0
0
VUS
0
62
2
0
64
Likely Benign
0
2
0
0
2
Benign
0
2
0
0
2
Total06613079

LoF = frameshift, stop gained/lost, canonical splice · Counts from ClinVar esearch · Updated hourly

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

TAAR8 · protein map & ClinVar variants

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OMIM — Genotype-Phenotype Relationships

1 OMIM entry

OMIM
Clinical Literature
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Key Publications
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Clinical Trials

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External Resources

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