Iconoplasm - gene character cards and browser extension
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Character profile for VPS8
Accessible text equivalent of the visual Iconoplasm character card.
- Gene identity
- VPS8 — VPS8 subunit of CORVET complex
- Card color mapping
- Hex color: #544F58 → Card color name: Night Grey
- Letter-to-hue mapping
- Letter: V → Hue: magenta
- HPA tau-to-vibrance mapping
- HPA tau: 0.23 → Character vibrance: low vibrance
- gnomAD LOEUF-to-shade mapping
- gnomAD LOEUF: 0.688 → Character shade: mid shade
- Emulsion number
- A1-2591
- Gene family-to-character trait mapping
- Gene family: VPS → Character family trait: Jellyfish trailing tendrils
- Molecular category-to-character sex mapping
- Molecular category: soluble → Character sex: female
- First-noted-to-character-age mapping
- First noted: 1998 → Character age: 22 y.o.
- Molecular-mass-to-character-mass mapping
- Molecular mass: 162 kDa → Character mass: 162 kg
- PFAM-clan-to-character-aesthetic mapping
- PFAM clan: TPR → Character aesthetic: Movida Madrileña
- PFAM-clan-to-character-aesthetic mapping
- PFAM clan: Beta-propeller → Character aesthetic: Swenkas
- PFAM-clan-to-character-aesthetic mapping
- PFAM clan: RING → Character aesthetic: Cholo
full name
VPS8 subunit of CORVET complexgene name
VPS8
VPS8 subunit of CORVET complex
ICONOPLASM HUMAN GENE REGISTRY / ACCESSION SHEET 03
family trait
Jellyfish trailing tendrils
qc
pending review
field notes
category
female
first noted
1998
22 y.o.
mass
162kDakg
pfam clans
TPR
Movida Madrileña
Beta-propeller
Swenkas
RING
Cholo
alignment
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