PLAC8, Official Symbol PLAC8provided by HGNC Official Full Name placenta associated 8provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:19254 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000145287 MIM:607515; AllianceGenome:HGNC:19254 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as C15; DGIC; onzin; PNAS-144 Summary Predicted to enable chromatin binding activity. Predicted to be involved in positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis and positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including brown fat cell differentiation; defense response to bacterium; and response to cold. Predicted to be located in azurophil granule lumen and extracellular region. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022] Expression Biased expression in bone marrow (RPKM 48.1), colon (RPKM 47.5) and 10 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all