MAGEA4

Melanoma antigen family A4

Rendering of MAGEA4 from PDB 1I4F
Available structures
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Identifiers
Symbols MAGEA4 ; CT1.4; MAGE-41; MAGE-X2; MAGE4; MAGE4A; MAGE4B
External IDs OMIM: 300175 MGI: 1350986 HomoloGene: 134073 GeneCards: MAGEA4 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 4103 195772
Ensembl ENSG00000147381 ENSMUSG00000046301
UniProt P43358 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001011548 NM_181855.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_001011548 NP_862903
Location (UCSC) Chr X:
151.91 – 151.93 Mb
Chr X:
69.12 – 69.12 Mb
PubMed search

Melanoma-associated antigen 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAGEA4 gene.[1][2]

This gene is a member of the MAGEA gene family. The members of this family encode proteins with 50 to 80% sequence identity to each other. The promoters and first exons of the MAGEA genes show considerable variability, suggesting that the existence of this gene family enables the same function to be expressed under different transcriptional controls. The MAGEA genes are clustered at chromosomal location Xq28. They have been implicated in some hereditary disorders, such as dyskeratosis congenita. At least four variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.[2]

References

  1. Rogner UC, Wilke K, Steck E, Korn B, Poustka A (Mar 1996). "The melanoma antigen gene (MAGE) family is clustered in the chromosomal band Xq28". Genomics 29 (3): 725–31. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.9945. PMID 8575766.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: MAGEA4 melanoma antigen family A, 4".

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