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Gene information for MCM4 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID4173
Official gene symbolMCM4
Full nameminichromosome maintenance complex component 4
Aliases,CDC21,CDC54,MGC33310,P1-CDC21,hCdc21,
Gene summaryThe 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]
LocationChromosome: 8   Locus: 8q11.2
Gene position48873494 - 48890068  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size16575 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID602638