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Pfn4 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Pfn4
  • Name
    profilin family, member 4
  • Synonyms
    2900024P18Rik
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:1920121
    NCBI Gene: 382562
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    7 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr12:4819022-4828813 bp, + strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
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  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 12, 2.09 cM, cytoband A1.1
  • Mapping Data
    2 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    72 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_1920121
protein coding gene Chr12:4819010-4828813 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0019573
protein coding gene Chr12:1679778-1688791 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0019540
protein coding gene Chr12:1655845-1664773 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0019510
protein coding gene Chr12:1847760-1856460 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0019515
protein coding gene Chr12:1692997-1701967 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0019321
protein coding gene Chr12:1623097-1632115 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0019964
protein coding gene Chr12:1709888-1718820 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0017589
protein coding gene Chr12:1570617-1579736 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0018876
protein coding gene Chr12:1705484-1714323 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0019292
protein coding gene Chr12:2041436-2050454 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0019405
protein coding gene Chr12:1589352-1598362 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0019396
protein coding gene Chr12:1600954-1609961 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0019476
protein coding gene Chr12:1694781-1703706 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0019429
protein coding gene Chr12:1779625-1788554 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0020003
protein coding gene Chr12:1652802-1661809 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0018642
protein coding gene Chr12:1646811-1656147 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0018433
protein coding gene Chr12:1692490-1698503 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0018927
protein coding gene Chr12:1648749-1657687 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    PFN4, profilin family member 4
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    PFN4, profilin family member 4
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 375189
    neXtProt AC: NX_Q8NHR9
    UniProt: Q8NHR9

  • Chr Location
    2p23.3; chr2:24114809-24123491 (-)  GRCh38

Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    34 phenotypes from 3 alleles in 4 genetic backgrounds
    7 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Nullizygous mutations of this gene cause male infertility, reduced sperm viability, sperm head shape and flagellar defects, asthenozoospermia and impaired spermiogenesis associated with defects in cis- and trans-Golgi networks, acrosome biogenesis, autophagy, manchette development and mitochondrial structure.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
non-membrane-bounded organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
  • Comparison Matrix
  • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000020639 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 9792 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000020967 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 1306 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000020967 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 129 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 12
      cDNA 12

      Microarray probesets 2
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 27
      Developmental Gene Expression 1
      Gene Ontology 3
      Phenotypes 7
    • Earliest
      J:65060 Kawai J, et al., Functional annotation of a full-length mouse cDNA collection. Nature. 2001 Feb 8;409(6821):685-90
    • Latest
      J:328252 Umer N, et al., PFN4 is required for manchette development and acrosome biogenesis during mouse spermiogenesis. Development. 2022 Aug 15;149(16):dev200499

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    last database update
    04/16/2024
    MGI 6.23
    The Jackson Laboratory