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Homo sapiens Gene: GSTM4
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-100866.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol GSTM4
Gene Name glutathione S-transferase mu 4
Synonyms GSTM4-4; GTM4
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000168765
Encoded Proteins
IDBP-100868
glutathione S-transferase mu 4
IDBP-100870
glutathione S-transferase mu 4
IDBP-100872
glutathione S-transferase mu 4
IDBP-100874
glutathione S-transferase mu 4
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary Cytosolic and membrane-bound forms of glutathione S-transferase are encoded by two distinct supergene families. At present, eight distinct classes of the soluble cytoplasmic mammalian glutathione S-transferases have been identified: alpha, kappa, mu, omega, pi, sigma, theta and zeta. This gene encodes a glutathione S-transferase that belongs to the mu class. The mu class of enzymes functions in the detoxification of electrophilic compounds, including carcinogens, therapeutic drugs, environmental toxins and products of oxidative stress, by conjugation with glutathione. The genes encoding the mu class of enzymes are organized in a gene cluster on chromosome 1p13.3 and are known to be highly polymorphic. These genetic variations can change an individual's susceptibility to carcinogens and toxins as well as affect the toxicity and efficacy of certain drugs. Diversification of these genes has occurred in regions encoding substrate-binding domains, as well as in tissue expression patterns, to accommodate an increasing number of foreign compounds. Multiple transcript variants, each encoding a distinct protein isoform, have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Cytosolic and membrane-bound forms of glutathione S-transferase are encoded by two distinct supergene families. At present, eight distinct classes of the soluble cytoplasmic mammalian glutathione S-transferases have been identified: alpha, kappa, mu, omega, pi, sigma, theta and zeta. This gene encodes a glutathione S-transferase that belongs to the mu class. The mu class of enzymes functions in the detoxification of electrophilic compounds, including carcinogens, therapeutic drugs, environmental toxins and products of oxidative stress, by conjugation with glutathione. The genes encoding the mu class of enzymes are organized in a gene cluster on chromosome 1p13.3 and are known to be highly polymorphic. These genetic variations can change an individual\'s susceptibility to carcinogens and toxins as well as affect the toxicity and efficacy of certain drugs. Diversification of these genes has occurred in regions encoding substrate-binding domains, as well as in tissue expression patterns, to accommodate an increasing number of foreign compounds. Multiple transcript variants, each encoding a distinct protein isoform, have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 1:109656081-109674836
Strand Forward strand
Band p13.3
Transcripts
ENST00000326729 ENSP00000316471
ENST00000369836 ENSP00000358851
ENST00000336075 ENSP00000336744
ENST00000369833 ENSP00000358848
ENST00000464733
ENST00000461767
ENST00000479578
ENST00000495742
ENST00000485640
ENST00000478397
ENST00000493171
ENST00000493395
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 13 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Experimentally validated
Total 13 [view]
Protein-Protein 12 [view]
Protein-DNA 1 [view]
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0004364 glutathione transferase activity
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0019899 enzyme binding
GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
GO:0043295 glutathione binding
Biological Process
GO:0006749 glutathione metabolic process
GO:0006805 xenobiotic metabolic process
GO:0008152 metabolic process
GO:0042178 xenobiotic catabolic process
GO:0044281 small molecule metabolic process
GO:1901687 glutathione derivative biosynthetic process
Cellular Component
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
GO:0005829 cytosol
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Gene ID
Gene Order
ENSMUSG00000027890
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Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
REACT_6926
Glutathione conjugation pathway
REACT_6959
Phase II conjugation pathway
REACT_111217
Metabolism pathway
REACT_13433
Biological oxidations pathway
KEGG
hsa00480
Glutathione metabolism pathway
hsa00980
Metabolism of xenobiotics by cytochrome P450 pathway
hsa00982
Drug metabolism pathway
INOH
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Hs.348387
RefSeq NM_000850 NM_147148
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS CCDS806 CCDS807
HPRD 00706
IMGT
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas

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Breuer et al., InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond - recent updates and continuing curation. Nucl. Acids Res. (2013) 41 (D1) 

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