Full name: zinc finger DHHC-type palmitoyltransferase 8

Gene type: protein coding

RefSeq status: REVIEWED

Also known as: DHHC8; ZDHHCL1; ZNF378

Summary: This gene encodes a four transmembrane protein that is a member of the zinc finger DHHC domain-containing protein family. The encoded protein may function as a palmitoyltransferase. Defects in this gene may be associated with a susceptibility to schizophrenia. Alternate splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants. A pseudogene of this gene is found on chromosome 22.[provided by RefSeq, May 2010]

Expression: Ubiquitous expression in fat (RPKM 6.8), spleen (RPKM 6.7) and 25 other tissues

Gene size: 16204bp

Exon count: 11