BAG4

BCL2-associated athanogene 4

PDB rendering based on 1m62.
Identifiers
Symbols BAG4; BAG-4; DKFZp586O2022; SODD
External IDs OMIM603884 MGI1914634 HomoloGene31270 GeneCards: BAG4 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 9530 67384
Ensembl ENSG00000156735 ENSMUSG00000037316
UniProt O95429 Q8CI61
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001204878.1 NM_026121.3
RefSeq (protein) NP_001191807.1 NP_080397.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 8:
38.03 – 38.07 Mb
Chr 8:
26.88 – 26.9 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

BAG family molecular chaperone regulator 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BAG4 gene.[1][2][3]

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the BAG1-related protein family. BAG1 is an anti-apoptotic protein that functions through interactions with a variety of cell apoptosis and growth related proteins including BCL-2, Raf-protein kinase, steroid hormone receptors, growth factor receptors and members of the heat shock protein 70 kDa family. This protein contains a BAG domain near the C-terminus, which could bind and inhibit the chaperone activity of Hsc70/Hsp70. This protein was found to be associated with the death domain of tumor necrosis factor receptor type 1 (TNF-R1) and death receptor-3 (DR3), and thereby negatively regulates downstream cell death signaling. The regulatory role of this protein in cell death was demonstrated in epithelial cells which undergo apoptosis while integrin mediated matrix contacts are lost.[3]

Interactions

BAG4 has been shown to interact with HSPA8,[4] TNFRSF1A[2][4] and APOBEC1.[5]

References

  1. ^ Takayama S, Xie Z, Reed JC (Feb 1999). "An evolutionarily conserved family of Hsp70/Hsc70 molecular chaperone regulators". J Biol Chem 274 (2): 781–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.2.781. PMID 9873016. 
  2. ^ a b Jiang Y, Woronicz JD, Liu W, Goeddel DV (Feb 1999). "Prevention of constitutive TNF receptor 1 signaling by silencer of death domains". Science 283 (5401): 543–6. doi:10.1126/science.283.5401.543. PMID 9915703. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: BAG4 BCL2-associated athanogene 4". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=9530. 
  4. ^ a b Miki, Kiyoshi; Eddy Edward M (Apr. 2002). "Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1 Is an ATPase Regulated by Silencer of Death Domain". Mol. Cell. Biol. (United States) 22 (8): 2536–43. doi:10.1128/MCB.22.8.2536-2543.2002. ISSN 0270-7306. PMC 133739. PMID 11909948. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=133739. 
  5. ^ Lau, Paul P; Chan Lawrence (Dec. 2003). "Involvement of a chaperone regulator, Bcl2-associated athanogene-4, in apolipoprotein B mRNA editing". J. Biol. Chem. (United States) 278 (52): 52988–96. doi:10.1074/jbc.M310153200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 14559896. 

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