NCIt synonyms : RP11-261P4.4; P2Y Receptor Family Member 8 wt Allele; MGC50878; P2Y8; Pyrimidinergic Receptor P2Y, G Protein-Coupled, 8 Gene; Purinergic Receptor P2Y, G-Protein Coupled, 8 Gene;
NCIt definition : Human P2RY8 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of Xp22.33 and Yp11.3 and
is approximately 75 kb in length. This allele, which encodes P2Y purinoceptor 8 protein,
is involved in G-protein coupled receptor signaling. A chromosomal deletion in the
pseudoautosomal region 1 of either chromosome X or Y causing fusion of this gene with
the CRLF2 gene is associated with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Two pericentric
inversions of the X chromosome inv(X)(q13;p22) and inv(X)(p22.3;q13.2) disrupt the
gene and are associated with mental retardation.;