Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q9NRR5 (UBQL4_HUMAN)

Names and origin

Protein names

Recommended name:
    Ubiquilin-4
Alternative name(s):
    Ataxin-1 ubiquitin-like-interacting protein A1U

Gene names

Name:	UBQLN4
Synonyms:	C1orf6, UBIN

Organism

Homo sapiens (Human) [Complete proteome]

Taxonomic identifier

9606 [NCBI]

Taxonomic lineage

Eukaryota › Metazoa › Chordata › Craniata › Vertebrata › Euteleostomi › Mammalia › Eutheria › Euarchontoglires › Primates › Haplorrhini › Catarrhini › Hominidae › Homo

Protein attributes

Sequence length	601 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Sequence processing	The displayed sequence is not processed.
Protein existence	Evidence at protein level.

General annotation (Comments)

Subunit structure	Homodimer. Binds SCA1. Binds signal sequences of proteins that are targeted to the endoplasmic reticulum By similarity.
Subcellular location	Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Endoplasmic reticulum Probable. Note: May associate with the endoplasmic reticulum.
Tissue specificity	Highly expressed in pancreas, kidney, skeletal muscle, heart and throughout the brain, and at lower levels in placenta, lung and liver. Ref.1
Post-translational modification	Phosphorylated upon DNA damage, probably by ATM or ATR. Ref.6
Sequence similarities	Contains 1 UBA domain. Contains 1 ubiquitin-like domain.

Ontologies

Keywords
Cellular component	Cytoplasm Endoplasmic reticulum Nucleus
Coding sequence diversity	Polymorphism
PTM	Phosphoprotein
Technical term	Complete proteome
Gene Ontology (GO)
Cellular component	cytosol Inferred from sequence or structural similarity. Source: UniProtKB endoplasmic reticulum membrane Inferred from sequence or structural similarity. Source: UniProtKB nucleus Ref.1 Inferred from direct assay. Source: UniProtKB
Molecular function	identical protein binding Inferred from physical interaction. Source: IntAct
Complete GO annotation...

Binary interactions

With	Entry	#Exp.	IntAct	Notes
itself		2	EBI-711226,EBI-711226
ATXN1	P54253	3	EBI-711226,EBI-930964
FKBP2	P26885	1	EBI-711226,EBI-719873
MLLT6	P55198	1	EBI-711226,EBI-740216
PDLIM7	Q9NR12	1	EBI-711226,EBI-350517
TRIM32	Q13049	1	EBI-711226,EBI-742790
ZNF205	O95201	1	EBI-711226,EBI-747343

Sequence annotation (Features)

	Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier
Molecule processing
	Chain	1 – 601	601	Ubiquilin-4		PRO_0000211015
Regions
	Domain	13 – 87	75	Ubiquitin-like
	Domain	553 – 598	46	UBA
Amino acid modifications
	Modified residue	318	1	Phosphoserine Ref.6
Natural variations
	Natural variant	495	1	I → M: dbSNP rs2297792. Ref.2 Ref.5		VAR_052685
Experimental info
	Sequence conflict	188 – 189	2	QL → HV in AAF80171. Ref.1
	Sequence conflict	298	1	R → Q in AAF80171. Ref.1

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	Q9NRR5-1 [UniParc]. Last modified March 15, 2004. Version 2. Checksum: E57B9FFEF90793FE	FASTA	601	63,853
	10 20 30 40 50 60 MAEPSGAETR PPIRVTVKTP KDKEEIVICD RASVKEFKEE ISRRFKAQQD QLVLIFAGKI 70 80 90 100 110 120 LKDGDTLNQH GIKDGLTVHL VIKTPQKAQD PAAATASSPS TPDPASAPST TPASPATPAQ 130 140 150 160 170 180 PSTSGSASSD AGSGSRRSSG GGPSPGAGEG SPSATASILS GFGGILGLGS LGLGSANFME 190 200 210 220 230 240 LQQQMQRQLM SNPEMLSQIM ENPLVQDMMS NPDLMRHMIM ANPQMQQLME RNPEISHMLN 250 260 270 280 290 300 NPELMRQTME LARNPAMMQE MMRNQDRALS NLESIPGGYN ALRRMYTDIQ EPMFSAAREQ 310 320 330 340 350 360 FGNNPFSSLA GNSDSSSSQP LRTENREPLP NPWSPSPPTS QAPGSGGEGT GGSGTSQVHP 370 380 390 400 410 420 TVSNPFGINA ASLGSGMFNS PEMQALLQQI SENPQLMQNV ISAPYMRSMM QTLAQNPDFA 430 440 450 460 470 480 AQMMVNVPLF AGNPQLQEQL RLQLPVFLQQ MQNPESLSIL TNPRAMQALL QIQQGLQTLQ 490 500 510 520 530 540 TEAPGLVPSL GSFGISRTPA PSAGSNAGST PEAPTSSPAT PATSSPTGAS SAQQQLMQQM 550 560 570 580 590 600 IQLLAGSGNS QVQTPEVRFQ QQLEQLNSMG FINREANLQA LIATGGDINA AIERLLGSQL S

References

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[1]	"Identification and characterization of an ataxin-1-interacting protein: A1Up, a ubiquitin-like nuclear protein." Davidson J.D., Riley B., Burright E.N., Duvick L.A., Zoghbi H.Y., Orr H.T. Hum. Mol. Genet. 9:2305-2312(2000) [PubMed: 11001934] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA], SUBCELLULAR LOCATION, INTERACTION WITH SCA1, TISSUE SPECIFICITY. Tissue: Brain.
[2]	"Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs." Ota T., Suzuki Y., Nishikawa T., Otsuki T., Sugiyama T., Irie R., Wakamatsu A., Hayashi K., Sato H., Nagai K., Kimura K., Makita H., Sekine M., Obayashi M., Nishi T., Shibahara T., Tanaka T., Ishii S. , Yamamoto J., Saito K., Kawai Y., Isono Y., Nakamura Y., Nagahari K., Murakami K., Yasuda T., Iwayanagi T., Wagatsuma M., Shiratori A., Sudo H., Hosoiri T., Kaku Y., Kodaira H., Kondo H., Sugawara M., Takahashi M., Kanda K., Yokoi T., Furuya T., Kikkawa E., Omura Y., Abe K., Kamihara K., Katsuta N., Sato K., Tanikawa M., Yamazaki M., Ninomiya K., Ishibashi T., Yamashita H., Murakawa K., Fujimori K., Tanai H., Kimata M., Watanabe M., Hiraoka S., Chiba Y., Ishida S., Ono Y., Takiguchi S., Watanabe S., Yosida M., Hotuta T., Kusano J., Kanehori K., Takahashi-Fujii A., Hara H., Tanase T.-O., Nomura Y., Togiya S., Komai F., Hara R., Takeuchi K., Arita M., Imose N., Musashino K., Yuuki H., Oshima A., Sasaki N., Aotsuka S., Yoshikawa Y., Matsunawa H., Ichihara T., Shiohata N., Sano S., Moriya S., Momiyama H., Satoh N., Takami S., Terashima Y., Suzuki O., Nakagawa S., Senoh A., Mizoguchi H., Goto Y., Shimizu F., Wakebe H., Hishigaki H., Watanabe T., Sugiyama A., Takemoto M., Kawakami B., Yamazaki M., Watanabe K., Kumagai A., Itakura S., Fukuzumi Y., Fujimori Y., Komiyama M., Tashiro H., Tanigami A., Fujiwara T., Ono T., Yamada K., Fujii Y., Ozaki K., Hirao M., Ohmori Y., Kawabata A., Hikiji T., Kobatake N., Inagaki H., Ikema Y., Okamoto S., Okitani R., Kawakami T., Noguchi S., Itoh T., Shigeta K., Senba T., Matsumura K., Nakajima Y., Mizuno T., Morinaga M., Sasaki M., Togashi T., Oyama M., Hata H., Watanabe M., Komatsu T., Mizushima-Sugano J., Satoh T., Shirai Y., Takahashi Y., Nakagawa K., Okumura K., Nagase T., Nomura N., Kikuchi H., Masuho Y., Yamashita R., Nakai K., Yada T., Nakamura Y., Ohara O., Isogai T., Sugano S. Nat. Genet. 36:40-45(2004) [PubMed: 14702039] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA], VARIANT MET-495.
[3]	"The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1." Gregory S.G., Barlow K.F., McLay K.E., Kaul R., Swarbreck D., Dunham A., Scott C.E., Howe K.L., Woodfine K., Spencer C.C.A., Jones M.C., Gillson C., Searle S., Zhou Y., Kokocinski F., McDonald L., Evans R., Phillips K. , Atkinson A., Cooper R., Jones C., Hall R.E., Andrews T.D., Lloyd C., Ainscough R., Almeida J.P., Ambrose K.D., Anderson F., Andrew R.W., Ashwell R.I.S., Aubin K., Babbage A.K., Bagguley C.L., Bailey J., Beasley H., Bethel G., Bird C.P., Bray-Allen S., Brown J.Y., Brown A.J., Buckley D., Burton J., Bye J., Carder C., Chapman J.C., Clark S.Y., Clarke G., Clee C., Cobley V., Collier R.E., Corby N., Coville G.J., Davies J., Deadman R., Dunn M., Earthrowl M., Ellington A.G., Errington H., Frankish A., Frankland J., French L., Garner P., Garnett J., Gay L., Ghori M.R.J., Gibson R., Gilby L.M., Gillett W., Glithero R.J., Grafham D.V., Griffiths C., Griffiths-Jones S., Grocock R., Hammond S., Harrison E.S.I., Hart E., Haugen E., Heath P.D., Holmes S., Holt K., Howden P.J., Hunt A.R., Hunt S.E., Hunter G., Isherwood J., James R., Johnson C., Johnson D., Joy A., Kay M., Kershaw J.K., Kibukawa M., Kimberley A.M., King A., Knights A.J., Lad H., Laird G., Lawlor S., Leongamornlert D.A., Lloyd D.M., Loveland J., Lovell J., Lush M.J., Lyne R., Martin S., Mashreghi-Mohammadi M., Matthews L., Matthews N.S.W., McLaren S., Milne S., Mistry S., Moore M.J.F., Nickerson T., O'Dell C.N., Oliver K., Palmeiri A., Palmer S.A., Parker A., Patel D., Pearce A.V., Peck A.I., Pelan S., Phelps K., Phillimore B.J., Plumb R., Rajan J., Raymond C., Rouse G., Saenphimmachak C., Sehra H.K., Sheridan E., Shownkeen R., Sims S., Skuce C.D., Smith M., Steward C., Subramanian S., Sycamore N., Tracey A., Tromans A., Van Helmond Z., Wall M., Wallis J.M., White S., Whitehead S.L., Wilkinson J.E., Willey D.L., Williams H., Wilming L., Wray P.W., Wu Z., Coulson A., Vaudin M., Sulston J.E., Durbin R.M., Hubbard T., Wooster R., Dunham I., Carter N.P., McVean G., Ross M.T., Harrow J., Olson M.V., Beck S., Rogers J., Bentley D.R. Nature 441:315-321(2006) [PubMed: 16710414] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].
[4]	"The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)." The MGC Project Team Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004) [PubMed: 15489334] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. Tissue: Brain, Colon and PNS.
[5]	"Identification of two paralogous regions mapping to the short and long arms of human chromosome 2 comprising LIS1 pseudogenes." Fogli A., Giglio S., Lo Nigro C., Zollo M., Viggiano L., Rocchi M., Archidiacono N., Zuffardi O., Carrozzo R. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 86:225-232(1999) [PubMed: 10575211] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] OF 161-601, VARIANT MET-495.
[6]	"ATM and ATR substrate analysis reveals extensive protein networks responsive to DNA damage." Matsuoka S., Ballif B.A., Smogorzewska A., McDonald E.R. III, Hurov K.E., Luo J., Bakalarski C.E., Zhao Z., Solimini N., Lerenthal Y., Shiloh Y., Gygi S.P., Elledge S.J. Science 316:1160-1166(2007) [PubMed: 17525332] [Abstract] Cited for: PHOSPHORYLATION [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] AT SER-318, MASS SPECTROMETRY.
[7]	Colinge J., Superti-Furga G., Bennett K.L. Submitted (OCT-2008) to UniProtKB Cited for: IDENTIFICATION [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS], MASS SPECTROMETRY.

Cross-references

Sequence databases
EMBLGenBankDDBJ	AF188240 mRNA. Translation: AAF80171.1. AK314413 mRNA. Translation: BAG37034.1. AL355388 Genomic DNA. Translation: CAH72633.1. BC006410 mRNA. Translation: AAH06410.1. Different initiation. BC018403 mRNA. Translation: AAH18403.1. BC063841 mRNA. Translation: AAH63841.1. AF113544 mRNA. Translation: AAF19084.1. Different initiation.
IPI	IPI00024502.
RefSeq	NP_064516.2.
UniGene	Hs.283739
3D structure databases
HSSP	HSSP built from PDB template 1J8C based on UniProtKB Q9UHD9.
ModBase	Search...
Protein-protein interaction databases
IntAct	Q9NRR5. 145 interactions.
PTM databases
PhosphoSite	Q9NRR5.
Proteomic databases
PRIDE	Q9NRR5.
Genome annotation databases
Ensembl	ENSG00000160803. Homo sapiens. [Contig view]
GeneID	56893.
KEGG	hsa:56893.
UCSC	uc001fna.1. human.
Organism-specific databases
GeneCards	GC01M154271.
H-InvDB	HIX0001143. HIX0057277.
HGNC	HGNC:1237. UBQLN4.
MIM	605440. gene.
PharmGKB	PA25619.
GenAtlas	Search...
Phylogenomic databases
HOGENOM	Q9NRR5.
HOVERGEN	Q9NRR5.
OMA	Q9NRR5. EPSGAET.
Gene expression databases
Bgee	Q9NRR5.
CleanEx	HS_UBQLN4.
GermOnline	ENSG00000160803. Homo sapiens.
Family and domain databases
InterPro	IPR006636. STI1_HS_bd. IPR000449. UBA/transl_elong_EF1B_N. IPR015940. UBA/transl_elong_EF1B_N_euk. IPR015496. Ubiquilin. IPR000626. Ubiquitin. IPR019954. Ubiquitin_CS. IPR019955. Ubiquitin_supergroup. [Graphical view]
PANTHER	PTHR10677. Ubiquilin. 1 hit.
Pfam	PF00627. UBA. 1 hit. PF00240. ubiquitin. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
SMART	SM00727. STI1. 4 hits. SM00165. UBA. 1 hit. SM00213. UBQ. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
PROSITE	PS50030. UBA. 1 hit. PS00299. UBIQUITIN_1. False negative. PS50053. UBIQUITIN_2. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
ProtoNet	Search...
Other Resources
NextBio	62315.
SOURCE	Search...

Entry information

Entry name

UBQL4_HUMAN

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: Q9NRR5
Secondary accession number(s): B2RAY7 , Q5VYA1, Q9BR98, Q9UHX4

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	March 15, 2004
Last sequence update:	March 15, 2004
Last modified:	July 7, 2009
This is version 70 of the entry and version 2 of the sequence. [Complete history]

Entry status

Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)

Annotation project

HPI (Human Proteome Initiative)