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DPPA4 developmental pluripotency associated 4 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 55211, updated on 5-Mar-2024

Summary

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Official Symbol
DPPA4provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
developmental pluripotency associated 4provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:19200
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000121570 MIM:614125; AllianceGenome:HGNC:19200
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
2410091M23Rik
Summary
This gene encodes a nuclear factor that is involved in the maintenance of pluripotency in stem cells and essential for embryogenesis. The encoded protein has a scaffold-attachment factor A/B, acinus and PIAS (SAP) domain that binds DNA and is thought to modify chromatin. Mice with a homozygous knockout of the orthologous gene die during late embryonic development or within hours after birth. Knockout embryos are normal in size at embryonic day 18.5 but exhibit skeletal and lung tissue abnormalities. This gene, when mutated, is highly expressed in embryonal carcinomas, pluripotent germ cell tumors, and other cancers and is thought to play an important role in tumor progression. Multiple pseudogenes of this gene have been identified. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2017]
Expression
Biased expression in testis (RPKM 2.8), bone marrow (RPKM 2.1) and 5 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

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Location:
3q13.13
Exon count:
9
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2023_10 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 3 NC_000003.12 (109326144..109339636, complement)
RS_2023_10 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 3 NC_060927.1 (112046432..112059906, complement)
105.20220307 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 3 NC_000003.11 (109044991..109056393, complement)

Chromosome 3 - NC_000003.12Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene BRD7 pseudogene 7 Neighboring gene developmental pluripotency associated 2 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:109043097-109043597 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:109054673-109055281 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:109055282-109055890 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:109055891-109056498 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:109057717-109058324 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:109066679-109067180 Neighboring gene OCT4-NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:109074429-109075164 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:109075165-109075898 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:109075899-109076634 Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr3:109085761-109085928 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:109114646-109115452 Neighboring gene RLIG1 pseudogene 2 Neighboring gene long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 1205 Neighboring gene H3 histone pseudogene 12

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Expression

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  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Chromatin modifier developmental pluripotency associated factor 4 (DPPA4) is a candidate gene for alcohol-induced developmental disorders. Auvinen P, et al. BMC Med, 2022 Dec 30. PMID 36581877, Free PMC Article
  2. Dynamic cytosolic foci of DPPA4 in human pluripotent stem cells. Abu-Dawud R, et al. Tissue Cell, 2022 Oct. PMID 36007377
  3. High developmental pluripotency‑associated 4 expression promotes cell proliferation and glycolysis, and predicts poor prognosis in non‑small‑cell lung cancer. Li L, et al. Mol Med Rep, 2019 Jul. PMID 31180527, Free PMC Article
  4. Mesenchymal stem cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells retain adequate osteogenicity and chondrogenicity but less adipogenicity. Kang R, et al. Stem Cell Res Ther, 2015 Aug 18. PMID 26282538, Free PMC Article
  5. Developmental pluripotency-associated 4: a novel predictor for prognosis and a potential therapeutic target for colon cancer. Zhang M, et al. J Exp Clin Cancer Res, 2015 Jun 11. PMID 26063247, Free PMC Article

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. Chromatin modifier developmental pluripotency associated factor 4 (DPPA4) is a candidate gene for alcohol-induced developmental disorders.
    Title: Chromatin modifier developmental pluripotency associated factor 4 (DPPA4) is a candidate gene for alcohol-induced developmental disorders.
  2. Dynamic cytosolic foci of DPPA4 in human pluripotent stem cells.
    Title: Dynamic cytosolic foci of DPPA4 in human pluripotent stem cells.
  3. Dppa2/4 as a trigger of signaling pathways to promote zygote genome activation by binding to CG-rich region.
    Title: Dppa2/4 as a trigger of signaling pathways to promote zygote genome activation by binding to CG-rich region.
  4. Dppa4 promotes nonsmallcell lung cancer progression, partly through glycolysis by lactate dehydrogenase B.
    Title: High developmental pluripotency‑associated 4 expression promotes cell proliferation and glycolysis, and predicts poor prognosis in non‑small‑cell lung cancer.
  5. identifies EBP1 as a novel pluripotency cofactor and provides insight into potential mechanisms used by DPPA4 in regulating pluripotency through its association with EBP1
    Title: ERBB3-Binding Protein 1 (EBP1) Is a Novel Developmental Pluripotency-Associated-4 (DPPA4) Cofactor in Human Pluripotent Cells.
  6. Across cell types Dppa4 shows a preference for binding to regions with active chromatin signatures, and can influence chromatin modifications at target genes. Data provide novel insights into Dppa4 function in both pluripotent and oncogenic contexts.
    Title: Genomic functions of developmental pluripotency associated factor 4 (Dppa4) in pluripotent stem cells and cancer.
  7. knockdown of PCGF1 results in reduced expression of DPPA4 and other subunits of the variant PRC1 complex at both mRNA and protein levels
    Title: The variant Polycomb Repressor Complex 1 component PCGF1 interacts with a pluripotency sub-network that includes DPPA4, a regulator of embryogenesis.
  8. Results identified a new family of pluripotency-related oncogenes consisting of DPPA2 and DPPA4.
    Title: Identification of DPPA4 and DPPA2 as a novel family of pluripotency-related oncogenes.
  9. Observational study of gene-disease association, gene-environment interaction, and pharmacogenomic / toxicogenomic. (HuGE Navigator)
    Title: Variation at the NFATC2 locus increases the risk of thiazolidinedione-induced edema in the Diabetes REduction Assessment with ramipril and rosiglitazone Medication (DREAM) study.
  10. Observational study of gene-disease association. (HuGE Navigator)
    Title: Gene-centric association signals for lipids and apolipoproteins identified via the HumanCVD BeadChip.
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Phenotypes

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EBI GWAS Catalog

Description
Hypertrophy-associated polymorphisms ascertained in a founder cohort applied to heart failure risk and mortality.
EBI GWAS Catalog
Interrogation of the platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha locus and corneal astigmatism in Australians of Northern European ancestry: results of a genome-wide association study.
EBI GWAS Catalog

Variation

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Genotypes

Pathways from PubChem

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Interactions

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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

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Markers

Homology

Clone Names

  • FLJ10713

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables chromatin binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
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enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
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Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in lung-associated mesenchyme development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in system development IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in nucleoplasm TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
  
is_active_in nucleus IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  

General protein information

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Preferred Names
developmental pluripotency-associated protein 4

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

Genomic

  1. NG_053021.1 RefSeqGene

    Range
    5027..16429
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001348928.3 → NP_001335857.1  developmental pluripotency-associated protein 4 isoform 2

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AC076971
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    pfam14047
    Location:175 → 242
    DCR; Dppa2/4 conserved region
    pfam14049
    Location:79 → 170
    Dppa2_A; Dppa2/4 conserved region in higher vertebrates

  2. NM_001348929.2 → NP_001335858.1  developmental pluripotency-associated protein 4 isoform 3

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AC076971
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    B7Z595

  3. NM_018189.4 → NP_060659.3  developmental pluripotency-associated protein 4 isoform 1

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_060659.3

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AC076971
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS33814.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    A8K4M7, Q7L190, Q9H9N5, Q9NVI6
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    B7Z5Q7
    Related
    ENSP00000335306.6, ENST00000335658.7
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    pfam14047
    Location:227 → 294
    DCR; Dppa2/4 conserved region
    pfam14049
    Location:131 → 222
    Dppa2_A; Dppa2/4 conserved region in higher vertebrates

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2023_10

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000003.12 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    109326144..109339636 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_024453622.2 → XP_024309390.1  developmental pluripotency-associated protein 4 isoform X1

    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    pfam14047
    Location:175 → 242
    DCR; Dppa2/4 conserved region
    pfam14049
    Location:79 → 170
    Dppa2_A; Dppa2/4 conserved region in higher vertebrates

  2. XM_011512954.4 → XP_011511256.1  developmental pluripotency-associated protein 4 isoform X1

    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    pfam14047
    Location:175 → 242
    DCR; Dppa2/4 conserved region
    pfam14049
    Location:79 → 170
    Dppa2_A; Dppa2/4 conserved region in higher vertebrates

Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060927.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    112046432..112059906 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_054347157.1 → XP_054203132.1  developmental pluripotency-associated protein 4 isoform X1

  2. XM_054347156.1 → XP_054203131.1  developmental pluripotency-associated protein 4 isoform X1

Nucleotide Protein
Heading Accession and Version
Protein Accession Links
GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
Q7L190.2 GenPept UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:Q7L190

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