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ERCC4 (XPF) - a critical DNA repair endonuclease involved in nucleotide excision repair, with links to xeroderma pigmentosum and neurodegenerative diseases
| Gene Symbol | ERCC4 (formerly XPF) |
| Aliases | ERCC4 (XPF) |
| Chromosome | 16p13.12 |
| Function | The complex recognizes and cleaves DNA at the 5' side of various DNA lesions, including |
| Primary Expression | all human tissues with particularly high levels in: - Testis: Highest expression (germ cell DNA repair) - Skin: High basal expression (UV expo |
| Molecular Weight | ~104 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 966 aa |
| UniProt ID | Q92841 |
| NCBI Gene ID | 2072 |
| OMIM | 278760 |
| Protein Length | 966 amino acids |
| ERCC1 | Heterodimer formation, substrate recognition |
| XPA | Damage verification, complex recruitment |
| XPC | Global genome NER damage recognition |
| TFIIH | Transcription-repair coupling |
| Associated Diseases | Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease |
| Interactions | XRCC1, PNKP, XPG, TDP1, FEN1, SETX |
| KG Connections | 42 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
graph TD
XPF["<b>XPF</b>"]
Cancer{"Cancer"}
XPF -->|"activates"| Cancer
Als{"Als"}
XPF -->|"activates"| Als
ALS{"ALS"}
XPF -->|"activates"| ALS
XRCC1["XRCC1"]
XPF -->|"activates"| XRCC1
PNKP["PNKP"]
XPF -->|"activates"| PNKP
XPG["XPG"]
XPF -->|"inhibits"| XPG
TDP1["TDP1"]
XPF -->|"inhibits"| TDP1
FEN1["FEN1"]
XPF -->|"inhibits"| FEN1
DNA["DNA"]
XPF -->|"inhibits"| DNA
SETX["SETX"]
XPF -->|"activates"| SETX
NEURODEGENERATIVE_DISEASES["NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES"]
XPF -->|"activates"| NEURODEGENERATIVE_DISEASES
CANCER["CANCER"]
XPF -->|"activates"| CANCER
XPG -->|"inhibits"| XPF
SETX -->|"activates"| XPF
TDP1 -->|"inhibits"| XPF
PNKP -->|"activates"| XPF
FEN1 -->|"inhibits"| XPF
DNA -->|"inhibits"| XPF
AND["AND"]
AND -->|"inhibits"| XPF
NEURODEGENERATIVE_DISORDERS["NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS"]
NEURODEGENERATIVE_DISORDERS -->|"activates"| XPF
NEURODEGENERATIVE_DISEASES -->|"activates"| XPF
style XPF fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | encodes | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | encodes | disease | 0.65 |
| XRCC1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PNKP | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| XPG | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| TDP1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| FEN1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| SETX | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PNKP | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| XRCC1 | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| SETX | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| Rb | inhibits | protein | 0.60 |
| DNA | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Neuron | activates | cell_type | 0.60 |
| AND | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| Neuron | encodes | cell_type | 0.60 |
| Ras | activates | protein | 0.60 |
| App | activates | protein | 0.60 |
| Neuron | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| XPG | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| SETX | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TDP1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| PNKP | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| FEN1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| XRCC1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| RAD52 | causes | gene | 0.60 |
| SETX | causes | gene | 0.60 |
| RAD52 | targets | gene | 0.60 |
| SETX | targets | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | causes | gene | 0.60 |
| RNA | causes | gene | 0.60 |
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 | ||||