DUX4

DUX4
Identifiers
Aliases	DUX4, DUX4L, double homeobox 4
External IDs	GeneCards: DUX4
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (human)[1]
End	190,185,942 bp[1]
Gene ontology
Molecular function	• DNA binding; • transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding; • protein binding; • RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific DNA binding; • transcriptional activator activity, RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific binding;
Cellular component	• nuclear membrane; • cell nucleus; • nucleoplasm; • nucleolus; • cytosol; • Golgi apparatus;
Biological process	• negative regulation of G0 to G1 transition; • regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; • transcription, DNA-templated; • negative regulation of cell proliferation; • positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; • apoptotic process; • transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	100288687
	n/a
	ENSG00000260596; ENSG00000283949
	n/a
	Q9UBX2
	n/a
	NM_001205218; NM_001278056; NM_001293798; NM_001306068; NM_001363820
	n/a
	NP_001280727; NP_001292997; NP_001350749
	n/a
	Wikidata
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Double homeobox, 4 also known as DUX4 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the DUX4 gene.^[3]

Gene

This gene is located within a D4Z4 repeat array in the subtelomeric region of chromosome 4q35. The D4Z4 repeat is polymorphic in length; a similar D4Z4 repeat array has been identified on chromosome 10. Each D4Z4 repeat unit has an open reading frame (named DUX4) that contains two homeoboxes; the repeat-array and ORF is conserved in other mammals. There was no evidence for transcription from standard cDNA libraries however RTPCR and in-vitro expression experiments indicate that the ORF is transcribed.^[4]

Function

The encoded protein has been reported to function as a transcriptional activator of paired-like homeodomain transcription factor 1 (PITX1).^[4]

Clinical significance

Inappropriate expression of DUX4 in muscle cells is the cause of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.^[5]^[6]

References

1 2 3 ENSG00000283949 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000260596, ENSG00000283949 - Ensembl, May 2017
↑ "Human PubMed Reference:".
↑ Gabriëls J, Beckers MC, Ding H, De Vriese A, Plaisance S, van der Maarel SM, Padberg GW, Frants RR, Hewitt JE, Collen D, Belayew A (August 1999). "Nucleotide sequence of the partially deleted D4Z4 locus in a patient with FSHD identifies a putative gene within each 3.3 kb element". Gene. 236 (1): 25–32. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00267-X. PMID 10433963.
1 2 "Entrez Gene: DUX4 Double homeobox, 4".
↑ Lemmers RJ, van der Vliet PJ, Klooster R, Sacconi S, Camaño P, Dauwerse JG, Snider L, Straasheijm KR, van Ommen GJ, Padberg GW, Miller DG, Tapscott SJ, Tawil R, Frants RR, van der Maarel SM (September 2010). "A unifying genetic model for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy". Science. 329 (5999): 1650–3. doi:10.1126/science.1189044. PMC 4677822. PMID 20724583.
↑ Jones TI, Chen JC, Rahimov F, Homma S, Arashiro P, Beermann ML, King OD, Miller JB, Kunkel LM, Emerson CP, Wagner KR, Jones PL (October 2012). "Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy family studies of DUX4 expression: evidence for disease modifiers and a quantitative model of pathogenesis". Hum. Mol. Genet. 21 (20): 4419–30. doi:10.1093/hmg/dds284. PMC 3459465. PMID 22798623.

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[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] 1 2 3 ENSG00000283949 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000260596, ENSG00000283949 - Ensembl, May 2017

[2] "Human PubMed Reference:".

[pmid10433963-3] Gabriëls J, Beckers MC, Ding H, De Vriese A, Plaisance S, van der Maarel SM, Padberg GW, Frants RR, Hewitt JE, Collen D, Belayew A (August 1999). "Nucleotide sequence of the partially deleted D4Z4 locus in a patient with FSHD identifies a putative gene within each 3.3 kb element". Gene. 236 (1): 25–32. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00267-X. PMID 10433963.

[entrez-4] 1 2 "Entrez Gene: DUX4 Double homeobox, 4".

[pmid20724583-5] Lemmers RJ, van der Vliet PJ, Klooster R, Sacconi S, Camaño P, Dauwerse JG, Snider L, Straasheijm KR, van Ommen GJ, Padberg GW, Miller DG, Tapscott SJ, Tawil R, Frants RR, van der Maarel SM (September 2010). "A unifying genetic model for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy". Science. 329 (5999): 1650–3. doi:10.1126/science.1189044. PMC 4677822. PMID 20724583.

[pmid22798623-6] Jones TI, Chen JC, Rahimov F, Homma S, Arashiro P, Beermann ML, King OD, Miller JB, Kunkel LM, Emerson CP, Wagner KR, Jones PL (October 2012). "Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy family studies of DUX4 expression: evidence for disease modifiers and a quantitative model of pathogenesis". Hum. Mol. Genet. 21 (20): 4419–30. doi:10.1093/hmg/dds284. PMC 3459465. PMID 22798623.

DUX4

Gene

Function

Clinical significance

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References