Low_density_lipoprotein_receptor-related_protein_4

Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4

Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 (LRP-4), also known as multiple epidermal growth factor-like domains 7 (MEGF7), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LRP4 gene.[5][6] LRP-4 is a member of the Lipoprotein receptor-related protein family and may be a regulator of Wnt signaling.

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Clinical significance

Mutations in this gene are associated with Cenani Lenz syndactylism.[7]

Autoantibodies against LRP4 have been connected to a small fraction of myasthenia gravis cases.


References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Nakayama M, Nakajima D, Nagase T, Nomura N, Seki N, Ohara O (Jul 1998). "Identification of high-molecular-weight proteins with multiple EGF-like motifs by motif-trap screening". Genomics. 51 (1): 27–34. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5341. PMID 9693030.
  4. Li Y, Pawlik B, Elcioglu N, Aglan M, Kayserili H, Yigit G, Percin F, Goodman F, Nürnberg G, Cenani A, Urquhart J, Chung BD, Ismail S, Amr K, Aslanger AD, Becker C, Netzer C, Scambler P, Eyaid W, Hamamy H, Clayton-Smith J, Hennekam R, Nürnberg P, Herz J, Temtamy SA, Wollnik B (May 2010). "LRP4 mutations alter Wnt/beta-catenin signaling and cause limb and kidney malformations in Cenani-Lenz syndrome". American Journal of Human Genetics. 86 (5): 696–706. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.03.004. PMC 2869043. PMID 20381006.

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