Sox8 - SRY-box transcription factor 8 Gene

Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including animal organ development; nervous system development; and positive regulation of morphogenesis of an epithelium. Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including astrocyte fate commitment; positive regulation of macromolecule metabolic process; and skeletal muscle cell differentiation. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be part of transcription regulator complex. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Orthologous to human SOX8 (SRY-box transcription factor 8). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]