SMG8, Official Symbol SMG8provided by HGNC Official Full Name SMG8 nonsense mediated mRNA decay factorprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:25551 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000167447 MIM:613175; AllianceGenome:HGNC:25551 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 ALKUS; C17orf71 Summary Involved in nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay and regulation of protein kinase activity. Predicted to be located in cytosol. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022] Expression Ubiquitous expression in ovary (RPKM 5.9), testis (RPKM 5.7) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all