Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about PDK4: its mechanistic relationships (Knowledge Graph edges), hypotheses targeting it, analyses mentioning it, and supporting scientific papers. The interactive graph below shows its immediate neighbors. All content is AI-synthesized from peer-reviewed literature.
PDK4 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: associated with, inhibits, expressed in. Associated with Als, Cancer, Carcinoma. Connected to 34 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | PDK4 |
| Chromosome | 7q21.3 |
| Protein Type | Kinase |
| Function | is a member of the phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase (PDK) family that plays critical roles in regulating cellular metabolism, mitochondrial function, and survival. |
| Primary Expression | tissues with high metabolic demand, including heart, skeletal muscle, and brain |
| Amino Acids | 404 aa |
| Exons | 10 |
| Pathways | Autophagy, Cell Cycle, Immune Response, Mtor |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000101447 |
| GeneCards | PDK4 |
| Human Protein Atlas | PDK4 |
| Associated Diseases | Ms |
| Interactions | FERROPTOSIS, UBIQUITIN |
| KG Connections | 95 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsUniProtNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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PDK4["<b>PDK4</b>"]
Cardiovascular{"Cardiovascular"}
PDK4 -->|"inhibits"| Cardiovascular
Als{"Als"}
PDK4 -->|"inhibits"| Als
Tumor{"Tumor"}
PDK4 -->|"inhibits"| Tumor
Hypertension{"Hypertension"}
PDK4 -->|"inhibits"| Hypertension
Ms{"Ms"}
PDK4 -->|"associated with"| Ms
Diabetes{"Diabetes"}
PDK4 -->|"expressed in"| Diabetes
PDK4 -->|"expressed in"| Ms
PDK4 -->|"expressed in"| Cardiovascular
SOD1["SOD1"]
PDK4 -->|"associated with"| SOD1
TNFR2["TNFR2"]
PDK4 -->|"associated with"| TNFR2
BCL2["BCL2"]
PDK4 -->|"associated with"| BCL2
SLC16A1["SLC16A1"]
PDK4 -->|"associated with"| SLC16A1
SOD2["SOD2"]
SOD2 -->|"associated with"| PDK4
CAT["CAT"]
CAT -->|"associated with"| PDK4
BAX["BAX"]
BAX -->|"associated with"| PDK4
SPR["SPR"]
SPR -->|"associated with"| PDK4
PPARGC1A["PPARGC1A"]
PPARGC1A -->|"associated with"| PDK4
CASP3["CASP3"]
CASP3 -->|"associated with"| PDK4
PDK1["PDK1"]
PDK1 -->|"associated with"| PDK4
BCL2L1["BCL2L1"]
BCL2L1 -->|"expressed in"| PDK4
IGF1R["IGF1R"]
IGF1R -->|"expressed in"| PDK4
SERPINE1["SERPINE1"]
SERPINE1 -->|"expressed in"| PDK4
style PDK4 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Hypertension | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Diabetes | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Cardiovascular | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Carcinoma | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| SOD1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| TNFR2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| BCL2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SLC16A1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LITAF | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| IL6R | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MERTK | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| DUSP1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ADCY9 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SOX2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CDKN1A | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SESN1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| IRF1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NDRG2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SOX9 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MYH2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| VPS37B | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NFKBIA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CALM2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NPY1R | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| JUN | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ADRA1D | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| PPP5C | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Nfkb | regulates | protein | 0.60 |
| HDAC8 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| ferroptosis | participates_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| Oxidative Stress | associated_with | pathway | 0.60 |
| Oxidative Phosphorylation | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| Lipid Metabolism | expressed_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| Ubiquitin-Proteasome | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Proteasome | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| FERROPTOSIS | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| Ferroptosis | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| CCND1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| AUTOPHAGY | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MTORC1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TSC22D3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Autophagy | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Mtor | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Immune Response | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOD2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CAT | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| BAX | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SPR | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PPARGC1A | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CASP3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PDK1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| BCL2L1 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| IGF1R | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| SERPINE1 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| UBIQUITIN | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PPP5C | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| JUN | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ADRA1D | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| IL6R | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ADCY9 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NPY1R | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| DUSP1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| VPS37B | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| LITAF | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NFKBIA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SESN1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MERTK | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CALM2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| HDAC3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| HDAC3 | causes | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TSC22D3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MTORC1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CCND1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| RNA | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| adcy9 | regulates | gene | 0.50 |
| adra1d | regulates | gene | 0.50 |
| Autophagy | regulates | process | 0.50 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
No analyses mention this entity
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||