METTL8

Gene

methyltransferase 8, tRNA N3-cytidine

HGNCHGNC:25856 EnsemblENSG00000123600 NCBI Gene79828

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 2q31.1

Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asFLJ13984 · TIP

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Alias symbolsFLJ13984, TIP

Previous namesmethyltransferase like 8, methyltransferase 8, methylcytidine

Alias namestension-induced/inhibited protein

Associated diseases

via associated_with

Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Genetic Diseases, Inborn

Breast Neoplasms

Glioblastoma

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

7BS N3-cytosine RNA methyltransferasesDNA/RNA methyltransferases

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-05-23.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.