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UBE4B ubiquitination factor E4B

Gene ID: 10277, updated on 2-Nov-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: E4; UFD2; HDNB1; UBOX3; UFD2A

Summary

The modification of proteins with ubiquitin is an important cellular mechanism for targeting abnormal or short-lived proteins for degradation. Ubiquitination involves at least three classes of enzymes: ubiquitin-activating enzymes, or E1s, ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, or E2s, and ubiquitin-protein ligases, or E3s. This gene encodes an additional conjugation factor, E4, which is involved in multiubiquitin chain assembly. This gene is also the strongest candidate in the neuroblastoma tumor suppressor genes. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

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DescriptionTests
Genome-wide association study identifies 1p36.22 as a new susceptibility locus for hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B virus carriers.
GeneReviews: Not available

Genomic context

Location:
1p36.22
Sequence:
Chromosome: 1; NC_000001.11 (10032958..10181239)
Total number of exons:
32

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