PADI4

PADI4
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases PADI4, PAD, PAD4, PADI5, PDI4, PDI5, peptidyl arginine deiminase 4
External IDs MGI: 1338898 HomoloGene: 7883 GeneCards: PADI4
Genetically Related Diseases
rheumatoid arthritis[1]
RNA expression pattern




More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

23569

18602

Ensembl

n/a

ENSMUSG00000025330

UniProt

Q9UM07

Q9Z183

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_012387

NM_011061

RefSeq (protein)

NP_036519.2

NP_035191.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 17.31 – 17.36 Mb Chr 4: 140.75 – 140.77 Mb
PubMed search [2] [3]
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Peptidyl arginine deiminase, type IV, also known as PADI4, is a human protein which in humans is encoded by the PADI4 gene.[4][5]

Molecular biology

The human gene is found on the short arm of Chromosome 1 near the telomere (1p36.13). It is located on the Watson (plus) strand and is 55,806 bases long. The protein is 663 amino acids long with a molecular weight of 74,095 Da.[4]

Function

This gene is a member of a gene family which encodes enzymes responsible for the conversion of arginine to citrulline residues. This gene may play a role in granulocyte and macrophage development leading to inflammation and immune response.[5] PADI4 plays a role in the epigenetics, the deimination of arginines on histones 3 and 4 can act antagonistically to arginine methylation (Chromatin modifications and their function, Kouzarides 2007, Cell, review)

The protein may be found in oligomers and binds 5 calcium ions per subunit. It catalyses the reaction:

Subcellular and tissue distribution

It is normally found in the cytoplasm, nucleus and in cytoplasmic granules of eosinophils and neutrophils. It is not expressed in peripheral monocytes or lymphocytes. It is also expressed in rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissues.

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Further reading

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