Written | 2000-08 | Catherine H Régnier, Catherine Tomasetto, Marie.Christine Rio |
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Identity |
Alias (NCBI) | MLN62 | CART1 |
HGNC (Hugo) | TRAF4 |
HGNC Alias symb | CART1 | MLN62 | RNF83 |
LocusID (NCBI) | 9618 |
Atlas_Id | 204 |
Location | 17q11.2 [Link to chromosome band 17q11] |
Location_base_pair | Starts at 28744011 and ends at 28750956 bp from pter ( according to GRCh38/hg38-Dec_2013) [Mapping TRAF4.png] |
Local_order | TRAF4, Lasp1(alias MLN50), c-erbB2, MLN64, MLN51 |
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TRAF4 (17q11-q12) - Courtesy Mariano Rocchi, Resources for Molecular Cytogenetics. | |
Fusion genes (updated 2017) | Data from Atlas, Mitelman, Cosmic Fusion, Fusion Cancer, TCGA fusion databases with official HUGO symbols (see references in chromosomal bands) |
EML2 (19q13.32) / TRAF4 (17q11.2) | NDRG2 (14q11.2) / TRAF4 (17q11.2) | TRAF4 (17q11.2) / TRAF4 (17q11.2) | |
TRAF4 (17q11.2) / WSB1 (17q11.1) |
DNA/RNA |
Description | 5,5 kb gene; 7 exons |
Transcription | 2 kb cDNA; coding sequence: 1410 bp |
Protein |
Description | 470 amino acids; 53 kDa; contains an amino-terminal RING finger domain, a central stretch of six putative Zinc-binding domains (3 CART domains) and a carboxyl-terminal TRAF domain |
Expression | epithelial cells; weak ubiquitous expression in adult tissues; stronger expression level in kidney and thymus |
Localisation | cytoplasmic; nuclear when overexpressed |
Function | putative signal transducer |
Homology | to TRAF proteins (Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Factor) |
Implicated in |
Note | |
Entity | 17q11-q12 gene amplification; found in about 25% of primary breast carcinomas |
Prognosis | poor clinical outcome; increase risk of relapse |
Bibliography |
Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factors (TRAFs)--a family of adapter proteins that regulates life and death. |
Arch RH, Gedrich RW, Thompson CB |
Genes & development. 1998 ; 12 (18) : 2821-2830. |
PMID 9744859 |
Two distinct amplified regions at 17q11-q21 involved in human primary breast cancer. |
Bièche I, Tomasetto C, Régnier CH, Moog-Lutz C, Rio MC, Lidereau R |
Cancer research. 1996 ; 56 (17) : 3886-3890. |
PMID 8752152 |
Presence of a new conserved domain in CART1, a novel member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated protein family, which is expressed in breast carcinoma. |
Régnier CH, Tomasetto C, Moog-Lutz C, Chenard MP, Wendling C, Basset P, Rio MC |
The Journal of biological chemistry. 1995 ; 270 (43) : 25715-25721. |
PMID 7592751 |
Identification of four novel human genes amplified and overexpressed in breast carcinoma and localized to the q11-q21.3 region of chromosome 17. |
Tomasetto C, Régnier C, Moog-Lutz C, Mattei MG, Chenard MP, Lidereau R, Basset P, Rio MC |
Genomics. 1995 ; 28 (3) : 367-376. |
PMID 7490069 |
Citation |
This paper should be referenced as such : |
Régnier, CH ; Tomasetto, C ; Rio, MC |
TRAF4 (TNF receptor-associated factor 4) |
Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. 2000;4(4):186-187. |
Free journal version : [ pdf ] [ DOI ] |
Other Solid tumors implicated (Data extracted from papers in the Atlas) [ 2 ] |
Male breast cancer
TRAF4/WSB1 (17q11) |
External links |
REVIEW articles | automatic search in PubMed |
Last year publications | automatic search in PubMed |
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