DDX4

DEAD-box helicase 4

Summary

DEAD box proteins, characterized by the conserved motif Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp (DEAD), are putative RNA helicases. They are implicated in a number of cellular processes involving alteration of RNA secondary structure such as translation initiation, nuclear and mitochondrial splicing, and ribosome and spliceosome assembly. Based on their distribution patterns, some members of this family are believed to be involved in embryogenesis, spermatogenesis, and cellular growth and division. This gene encodes a DEAD box protein, which is a homolog of VASA proteins in Drosophila and several other species. The gene is specifically expressed in the germ cell lineage in both sexes and functions in germ cell development. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]

Known Variants36 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs7781320355:55,034,841A/Guncertain significance
rs1465659895:55,042,011A/Guncertain significance
rs7530890665:55,059,053G/Auncertain significance
rs3712598635:55,059,890G/Auncertain significance
rs1437935715:55,063,717A/Tuncertain significance
rs1411324065:55,063,738A/Guncertain significance
rs5703734225:55,063,749A/Cuncertain significance
rs25327308095:55,075,815G/Auncertain significance
rs1435622425:55,075,831A/Guncertain significance
rs2021121375:55,076,917T/Cuncertain significance
rs14043907805:55,077,801G/Auncertain significance
rs14282400035:55,081,575T/Cuncertain significance
rs23051245:55,081,677A/Guncertain significance
rs7567141995:55,082,389T/Cuncertain significance
rs3737181215:55,082,392C/Tuncertain significance
rs17422657705:55,082,458G/Auncertain significance
rs7781066975:55,083,714A/Tuncertain significance
rs7795764355:55,083,732G/Auncertain significance
rs1426599365:55,083,744T/Cuncertain significance
rs14499571285:55,083,789T/Cuncertain significance
rs731311565:55,083,837A/Gbenign
rs3745963605:55,086,410T/Guncertain significance
rs5696703405:55,086,512G/Auncertain significance
rs5539546355:55,087,537C/T
rs2011034985:55,088,486C/Guncertain significance
rs1458198715:55,088,510T/Gbenign
rs7648044975:55,088,524A/Guncertain significance
rs1398500215:55,088,580A/Gbenign
rs1919273595:55,090,656A/Gintron variant
rs17431001935:55,094,262C/Tuncertain significance
rs25328374895:55,094,316C/Tuncertain significance
rs9066457565:55,094,391G/Auncertain significance
rs716221995:55,100,297G/Aintron variant
rs3686143305:55,110,934A/Guncertain significance
rs25329359325:55,112,328C/Tuncertain significance
rs17444320665:55,112,343C/Tuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.