Biology:PLCB4

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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1-Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PLCB4 gene.[1][2]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene catalyzes the formation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and diacylglycerol from phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. This reaction uses calcium as a cofactor and plays an important role in the intracellular transduction of many extracellular signals in the retina. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[2]

References

  1. "cDNA sequence and gene locus of the human retinal phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase-C beta 4 (PLCB4)". Genomics 29 (1): 53–61. Feb 1996. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.1214. PMID 8530101. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: PLCB4 phospholipase C, beta 4". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=5332. 

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