Homo sapiens Gene: NLRP4
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-71189.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol NLRP4
Gene Name NLR family, pyrin domain containing 4
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000160505
Encoded Proteins
NLR family, pyrin domain containing 4
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
InnateDB Annotation
Summary
NLRP4 binds with NLRC4 through NACHT domain, which by mediating hetero-oligomerization, creates protein-interaction networks that potentially modulate immune responses to invading pathogens.
NLRP4 regulates the activation of type I interferon triggered by dsRNA or dsDNA.
Entrez Gene
Summary NALPs are cytoplasmic proteins that form a subfamily within the larger CATERPILLER protein family. Most short NALPs, such as NALP4, have an N-terminal pyrin (MEFV; MIM 608107) domain (PYD), followed by a NACHT domain, a NACHT-associated domain (NAD), and a C-terminal leucine-rich repeat (LRR) region. The long NALP, NALP1 (MIM 606636), also has a C-terminal extension containing a function to find domain (FIIND) and a caspase recruitment domain (CARD). NALPs are implicated in the activation of proinflammatory caspases (e.g., CASP1; MIM 147678) via their involvement in multiprotein complexes called inflammasomes (Tschopp et al., 2003 [PubMed 12563287]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 19:55836578-55881854
Strand Forward strand
Band q13.43
Transcripts
ENST00000301295 ENSP00000301295
ENST00000589437 ENSP00000468754
ENST00000587891 ENSP00000465463
ENST00000587464 ENSP00000468496
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 8 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Experimentally validated
Total 8 [view]
Protein-Protein 8 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005524 ATP binding
Biological Process
GO:0006954 inflammatory response
GO:0032479 regulation of type I interferon production
GO:0032481 positive regulation of type I interferon production
GO:0045087 innate immune response (InnateDB)
Cellular Component
GO:0005829 cytosol
GO:0070062 extracellular vesicular exosome
Orthologs
No orthologs found for this gene
Pathways
NETPATH
TNFalpha pathway
REACTOME
IRF3 mediated activation of type 1 IFN pathway
ZBP1(DAI) mediated induction of type I IFNs pathway
STING mediated induction of host immune responses pathway
IRF3-mediated induction of type I IFN pathway
Innate Immune System pathway
Regulation of innate immune responses to cytosolic DNA pathway
Immune System pathway
Cytosolic sensors of pathogen-associated DNA pathway
KEGG
INOH
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Hs.631533
RefSeq NM_134444 XM_006723042
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS CCDS12936
HPRD 09619
IMGT
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas