DCTN4 explained

Dynactin subunit 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DCTN4 gene.^[1]

Further reading

• Karki S, Tokito MK, Holzbaur EL . A dynactin subunit with a highly conserved cysteine-rich motif interacts directly with Arp1 . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 275 . 7 . 4834–9 . February 2000 . 10671518 . 10.1074/jbc.275.7.4834 . free .
• Emond MJ, Louie T, Emerson J, Zhao W, Mathias RA, Knowles MR, Wright FA, Rieder MJ, Tabor HK, Nickerson DA, Barnes KC, Gibson RL, Bamshad MJ . Exome sequencing of extreme phenotypes identifies DCTN4 as a modifier of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis . Nature Genetics . 44 . 8 . 886–9 . July 2012 . 22772370 . 3702264 . 10.1038/ng.2344 .
• Ayalon G, Davis JQ, Scotland PB, Bennett V . An ankyrin-based mechanism for functional organization of dystrophin and dystroglycan . Cell . 135 . 7 . 1189–200 . December 2008 . 19109891 . 10.1016/j.cell.2008.10.018 . 17268857 . free .
• Bingham JB, Schroer TA . Self-regulated polymerization of the actin-related protein Arp1 . Current Biology . 9 . 4 . 223–6 . February 1999 . 10074429 . 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80095-5 . 208851 . free . 1999CBio....9..223B .
• Lim CM, Cater MA, Mercer JF, La Fontaine S . Copper-dependent interaction of dynactin subunit p62 with the N terminus of ATP7B but not ATP7A . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 281 . 20 . 14006–14 . May 2006 . 16554302 . 10.1074/jbc.M512745200 . free . 10536/DRO/DU:30003771 . free .
• Boultwood J, Fidler C, Strickson AJ, Watkins F, Kostrzewa M, Jaju RJ, Müller U, Wainscoat JS . Transcription mapping of the 5q- syndrome critical region: cloning of two novel genes and sequencing, expression, and mapping of a further six novel cDNAs . Genomics . 66 . 1 . 26–34 . May 2000 . 10843801 . 10.1006/geno.2000.6193 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: Dynactin 4 (p62) .