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    CUL4A cullin 4A [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

    Gene ID: 8451, updated on 3-Nov-2024

    Summary

    Official Symbol
    CUL4Aprovided by HGNC
    Official Full Name
    cullin 4Aprovided by HGNC
    Primary source
    HGNC:HGNC:2554
    See related
    Ensembl:ENSG00000139842 MIM:603137; AllianceGenome:HGNC:2554
    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
    Summary
    CUL4A is the ubiquitin ligase component of a multimeric complex involved in the degradation of DNA damage-response proteins (Liu et al., 2009 [PubMed 19481525]).[supplied by OMIM, Oct 2009]
    Expression
    Ubiquitous expression in testis (RPKM 20.5), heart (RPKM 17.9) and 25 other tissues See more
    Orthologs
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    Genomic context

    See CUL4A in Genome Data Viewer
    Location:
    13q34
    Exon count:
    24
    Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
    RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 13 NC_000013.11 (113208193..113267108)
    RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 13 NC_060937.1 (112460539..112520767)
    RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 13 NC_000013.10 (113862507..113921422)

    Chromosome 13 - NC_000013.11Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC124903216 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113812445-113813022 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113813599-113814176 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113825981-113826504 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113827099-113827599 Neighboring gene protein Z, vitamin K dependent plasma glycoprotein Neighboring gene PCI domain containing 2 Neighboring gene CDK7 strongly-dependent group 2 enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113841395-113842594 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113862038-113862688 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113862689-113863338 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 5540 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 5541 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 5542 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113874723-113875286 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113876707-113877556 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113928297-113928796 Neighboring gene microRNA 8075 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 2925 Neighboring gene lactate dehydrogenase B pseudogene 1 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113945996-113946505 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113946506-113947014 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 5543 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 8037 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 10208 Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr13:113959050-113959215 Neighboring gene lysosomal associated membrane protein 1 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113967994-113968742 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr13:113968743-113969490

    Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

    Expression

    • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues 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

    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

    What's a GeneRIF?

    HIV-1 interactions

    Protein interactions

    Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
    Rev rev HIV-1 Rev interacting protein, Cullin 4A (CUL4A), is identified by the in-vitro binding experiments involving cytosolic or nuclear extracts from HeLa cells. The interaction of Rev with CUL4A is increased by RRE PubMed
    Vif vif Both HIV-1 Vif-induced downregulation of APOBEC3G and efficient infectivity in the presence of APOBEC3G requires CUL4A neddylation PubMed
    Vpr vpr Both HIV-2 Vpr and SIVmac239 Vpr induces G2 cell cycle arrest through either CUL4A or CUL4B PubMed
    vpr The interaction of Vpr with DDB1 facilitates the formation of complexes containing Cul4A-Roc1 E3 ubiquitin ligase. The association of Vpr with DDB1-containing E3 ligase mediates the degradation of UNG2 and SMUG1 PubMed
    vpr Upregulation of NKG2D ligands is dependent on HIV-1 Vpr-mediated activation of the TAR DNA damage/stress pathway, which requires the recruitment of the Cul4/DDB1/DCAF1 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex PubMed
    vpr HIV-1 Vpr complexes with DCAF1, DDB1, CUL4A, CUL4B, and UNG2 proteins in the cullin4 (CUL4)-containing ubiquitin ligase complex in HEK293T cells PubMed
    vpr Depletion of both CUL4A and CUL4B by shRNA reduces HIV-1 Vpr-mediated G2 cell cycle arrest, which does not impact HIV-1 infectivity or cell viability PubMed
    vpr HIV-1 Vpr-mediated degradation of UNG2 is dependent on CUL4A neddylation PubMed
    vpr The interaction between Vpr and the Cul4A-DDB1-VprBP complex is required for the induction of G2 arrest PubMed
    vpr HIV-1 Vpr-mediated upregulation of PVR (CD155) requires the interaction of Vpr with the DDB1-Cul4A E3 ligase and induction of ATR-mediated DNA damage repair and G2 arrest PubMed
    vpr HIV-1 Vpr-induced downregulation of Dicer is not dependent on G2 cell cycle arrest but on the Cul4A-DCAF1-DDB1 ubiquitin ligase complex PubMed
    vpr HIV-1 Vpr co-localizes with the Cul4A ubiquitin ligase complex (Cul4A, DCAF1, and DDB1) in the cellular chromatin compartment PubMed
    vpr HIV-1 Vpr forms a complex by recruiting RbAp46, HAT1, ZIP/sZIP, and Cul4A PubMed
    vpr HIV-1 Vpr significantly downregulates expression level of MFN2 in the mitochondria via VprBP-DDB1-CUL4A ubiquitin ligase in a proteasome-dependent manner PubMed
    vpr HIV-1 Vpr(Q65R) mutant, which is defective in Cul4A-DDB1 (DCAF1) binding, undergoes proteasome-mediated degradation at a higher rate than wild-type Vpr. DCAF1 overexpression stabilizes wild-type Vpr and leads to its cytoplasmic accumulation PubMed

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    Pathways from PubChem

    Interactions

    Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

    General gene information

    Markers

    Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

    Function Evidence Code Pubs
    enables protein binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables ubiquitin ligase complex scaffold activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables ubiquitin protein ligase activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables ubiquitin protein ligase binding IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    enables ubiquitin protein ligase binding IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    Process Evidence Code Pubs
    involved_in DNA damage response EXP
    Inferred from Experiment
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in DNA damage response IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in DNA repair IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in T cell activation IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in cell population proliferation IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in cellular response to UV EXP
    Inferred from Experiment
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in hemopoiesis IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in in utero embryonic development IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in negative regulation of granulocyte differentiation IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of cell population proliferation IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of protein catabolic process IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in protein ubiquitination IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in protein ubiquitination IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in protein ubiquitination IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in protein ubiquitination IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of DNA damage checkpoint IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in regulation of nucleotide-excision repair IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in rhythmic process IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in ribosome biogenesis IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in somatic stem cell population maintenance IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in spermatogenesis IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the C-end degron rule pathway IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    part_of Cul4-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase complex IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    part_of Cul4A-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase complex EXP
    Inferred from Experiment
    more info
    PubMed 
    part_of Cul4A-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase complex IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    part_of Cul4A-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase complex IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    is_active_in cytoplasm IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in nucleoplasm TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    is_active_in nucleus IC
    Inferred by Curator
    more info
    PubMed 
    is_active_in nucleus IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in nucleus NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 

    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.

    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. NM_001008895.4NP_001008895.1  cullin-4A isoform 1

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001008895.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (1) encodes the longest isoform (1).
      Source sequence(s)
      AL136221, BC008308, BU631279, DB455959
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS41908.1
      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      A2A2W2, O75834, Q13619, Q589T6, Q5TC62, Q6UP08, Q9UP17
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B2RBV7
      Related
      ENSP00000364589.4, ENST00000375440.9
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      smart00884
      Location:688753
      Cullin_Nedd8; Cullin protein neddylation domain
      pfam00888
      Location:63660
      Cullin; Cullin family
    2. NM_001278513.3NP_001265442.1  cullin-4A isoform 2

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001265442.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (3) utilizes an alternate 5' terminal exon, compared to variant 1, resulting in an isoform (2) with a shorter N-terminus. Variants 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 all encode the same isoform (2).
      Source sequence(s)
      AL136221, AL137002
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS9533.1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B2RBV7
      Related
      ENSP00000364590.3, ENST00000375441.7
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      smart00884
      Location:588653
      Cullin_Nedd8; Cullin protein neddylation domain
      pfam00888
      Location:2557
      Cullin; Cullin family
    3. NM_001278514.3NP_001265443.1  cullin-4A isoform 3

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (4) utilizes an alternate 5' terminal exon and an alternate in-frame splice junction, compared to variant 1. This results in an isoform (3) with a shorter N-terminus and an alternate internal segment compared to isoform 1.
      Source sequence(s)
      AL136221, AL833355, BU631279, DA574202
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS73604.1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      A0A0A0MR50, B2RBV7
      Related
      ENSP00000322132.5, ENST00000326335.8
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      smart00884
      Location:596661
      Cullin_Nedd8; Cullin protein neddylation domain
      pfam00888
      Location:2565
      Cullin; Cullin family
    4. NM_001354938.2NP_001341867.1  cullin-4A isoform 2

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (5) utilizes an alternate 5' terminal exon, compared to variant 1, resulting in an isoform (2) with a shorter N-terminus. Variants 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 all encode the same isoform (2).
      Source sequence(s)
      AK314835, AL136221, BC008308, BU631279, DA574202
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS9533.1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B2RBV7
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      smart00884
      Location:588653
      Cullin_Nedd8; Cullin protein neddylation domain
      pfam00888
      Location:2557
      Cullin; Cullin family
    5. NM_001354939.2NP_001341868.1  cullin-4A isoform 2

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (6) utilizes an alternate 5' terminal exon, compared to variant 1, resulting in an isoform (2) with a shorter N-terminus. Variants 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 all encode the same isoform (2).
      Source sequence(s)
      AF077188, AL136221, BC015166, BU631279, BX439434, CA445237
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS9533.1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B2RBV7
      Related
      ENSP00000481782.1, ENST00000617546.4
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      smart00884
      Location:588653
      Cullin_Nedd8; Cullin protein neddylation domain
      pfam00888
      Location:2557
      Cullin; Cullin family
    6. NM_001354940.2NP_001341869.1  cullin-4A isoform 2

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (7) uses an alternate splice site, resulting in the use of a downstream start codon, compared to variant 1. The resulting isoform (2) has a shorter N-terminus than isoform 1. Variants 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 all encode the same isoform (2).
      Source sequence(s)
      AF077188, AL136221, BC015166, BU631279, CA445237, DA394068, DB455959
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS9533.1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B2RBV7
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      smart00884
      Location:588653
      Cullin_Nedd8; Cullin protein neddylation domain
      pfam00888
      Location:2557
      Cullin; Cullin family
    7. NM_001354941.2NP_001341870.1  cullin-4A isoform 4

      Status: REVIEWED

      Source sequence(s)
      AL136221, BC008308, BU631279, DA394068, DB455959
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B2RBV7
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      smart00884
      Location:543608
      Cullin_Nedd8; Cullin protein neddylation domain
      pfam00888
      Location:1515
      Cullin; Cullin family
    8. NM_001354942.2NP_001341871.1  cullin-4A isoform 4

      Status: REVIEWED

      Source sequence(s)
      AL136221, BC008308, BU631279, DA946208, DB455959
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B2RBV7
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      smart00884
      Location:543608
      Cullin_Nedd8; Cullin protein neddylation domain
      pfam00888
      Location:1515
      Cullin; Cullin family
    9. NM_001354943.2NP_001341872.1  cullin-4A isoform 5

      Status: REVIEWED

      Source sequence(s)
      BC008308, BQ185339, CK300635, DB455959
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS86363.1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      A0A087WWN2
      Related
      ENSP00000480367.1, ENST00000488558.2
      Conserved Domains (1) summary
      pfam00888
      Location:63170
      Cullin; Cullin family
    10. NM_001354944.2NP_001341873.1  cullin-4A isoform 6

      Status: REVIEWED

      Source sequence(s)
      BC008308, BQ185339, BX439434, CK300635
      Conserved Domains (1) summary
      cl26515
      Location:270
      Cullin; Cullin family
    11. NM_003589.4NP_003580.1  cullin-4A isoform 2

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_003580.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (2) utilizes an alternate 5' terminal exon, compared to variant 1, resulting in an isoform (2) with a shorter N-terminus. Variants 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 all encode the same isoform (2).
      Source sequence(s)
      AF077188, AL136221, BC015166, BU631279, BX439434, CA445237
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS9533.1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B2RBV7
      Related
      ENSP00000389118.1, ENST00000451881.5
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      smart00884
      Location:588653
      Cullin_Nedd8; Cullin protein neddylation domain
      pfam00888
      Location:2557
      Cullin; Cullin family

    RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

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

    Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Genomic

    1. NC_000013.11 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

      Range
      113208193..113267108
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    Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Genomic

    1. NC_060937.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

      Range
      112460539..112520767
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