Alternative titles; symbols
HGNC Approved Gene Symbol: PPFIA4
Cytogenetic location: 1q32.1 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38) : 1:203,026,491-203,078,736 (from NCBI)
PPFIA4, or liprin-alpha-4, belongs to the liprin-alpha gene family (Serra-Pages et al., 1998). See liprin-alpha-1 (LIP1, or PPFIA1; 611054) for background on liprins.
Serra-Pages et al. (1998) identified a family of genes encoding LIP1-related proteins, or liprins. The sequence of the predicted partial 500-amino acid liprin-alpha-4 protein is 75% identical to that of LIP1. Northern blot analysis revealed that the liprin-alpha-4 gene is expressed as a 7.5-kb mRNA only in heart, brain, and skeletal muscle.
Gross (2022) mapped the PPFIA4 gene to chromosome 1q32.1 based on an alignment of the PPFIA4 sequence (GenBank BC144262) with the genomic sequence (GRCh38).
Gross, M. B. Personal Communication. Baltimore, Md. 9/2/2022.
Serra-Pages, C., Medley, Q. G., Tang, M., Hart, A., Streuli, M. Liprins, a family of LAR transmembrane protein-tyrosine phosphatase-interacting proteins. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 15611-15620, 1998. [PubMed: 9624153] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.273.25.15611]