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SERPINB8

Chr 18q22.1

serpin family B member 8

Aliases:
CAP2
MANE:
ENST00000397985.7

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Epidermolysis bullosa and congenital skin fragility

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Ichthyosis and erythrokeratoderma

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Palmoplantar keratodermas

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Peeling skin syndrome

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • peeling skin syndrome 5

    0.64
  • exfoliative ichthyosis

    0.62
  • ichthyosis

    0.37
  • peeling skin syndrome

    0.37
  • Skin erosion

    0.37
  • Erythema

    0.37
  • Palmoplantar hyperkeratosis

    0.37
  • generalized peeling skin syndrome

    0.37
  • peeling skin syndrome type A

    0.37
  • smoking initiation

    0.27

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Serpin B8

Has an important role in epithelial desmosome-mediated cell-cell adhesion

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.