DUX4


Summary: This gene is located within a D4Z4 repeat array in the subtelomeric region of chromosome 4q. 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 encodes two homeoboxes; the repeat-array and ORF is conserved in other mammals. The encoded protein has been reported to function as a transcriptional activator of paired-like homeodomain transcription factor 1 (PITX1; GeneID 5307). Contraction of the macrosatellite repeat causes autosomal dominant facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2015].

NameOMIM IDEnsembl IDHGNC IDPHARMGKB IDMap Location
double homeobox 4MIM:606009Ensembl:ENSG00000260596HGNC:HGNC:508004q35.2

Gene Categories:

TUMOR SUPPRESSOR

GO terms in DUX4


Term TypeEvidence TypeGO Term IDGO Des.
CCIDAGO:0005634nucleus
CCIDAGO:0005654nucleoplasm
CCIDAGO:0005730nucleolus
CCIDAGO:0005794Golgi apparatus
CCIDAGO:0005829cytosol
CCIDAGO:0031965nuclear membrane
BPIEAGO:0006366transcription by RNA polymerase II
BPIDAGO:0006915apoptotic process
BPIDAGO:0008285negative regulation of cell proliferation
BPIDAGO:0045944positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
BPIDAGO:0070317negative regulation of G0 to G1 transition
MFIDAGO:0000976transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
MFIDAGO:0000978RNA polymerase II proximal promoter sequence-specific DNA binding
MFIDAGO:0001077transcriptional activator activity, RNA polymerase II proximal promoter sequence-specific DNA binding
MFIPIGO:0005515protein binding

Gene expression in normal tissue: DUX4

Gene-model tissue-cancer distribution: Bubble Plot

Gene-drug pathway distribution

Pathways in DUX4


DatabasePathway IDPathway Des.

Gene-Drug: Aster Plot


Drug IDDrug NameModel Num.
iGMDRD190Nilotinib1

Gene in drug-gene network: Network Plot

Gene-drug targets distribution

Gene Structure: PDB

Models in DUX4

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