Entrez gene ID | | 4173 |
Official gene symbol | | MCM4 |
Full name | | minichromosome maintenance complex component 4 |
Aliases | | ,CDC21,CDC54,MGC33310,P1-CDC21,hCdc21, |
Gene summary | | The protein encoded by this gene is one of the highly conserved mini-chromosome maintenance proteins (MCM) that are essential for the initiation of eukaryotic genome replication. The hexameric protein complex formed by MCM proteins is a key component of the pre-replication complex (pre_RC) and may be involved in the formation of replication forks and in the recruitment of other DNA replication related proteins. The MCM complex consisting of this protein and MCM2, 6 and 7 proteins possesses DNA helicase activity, and may act as a DNA unwinding enzyme. The phosphorylation of this protein by CDC2 kinase reduces the DNA helicase activity and chromatin binding of the MCM complex. This gene is mapped to a region on the chromosome 8 head-to-head next to the PRKDC/DNA-PK, a DNA-activated protein kinase involved in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been reported. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 8 Locus: 8q11.2 |
Gene position | | 48873494 - 48890068 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 16575 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 602638 |