Biology:SPRY4

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


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Protein sprouty homolog 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SPRY4 gene.[1][2]

Function

SPRY4 is an inhibitor of the receptor-transduced mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway. It is positioned upstream of RAS (see HRAS; MIM 190020) activation and impairs the formation of active GTP-RAS (Leeksma et al., 2002).[2]

Interactions

SPRY4 has been shown to interact with TESK1.[3]

See also

References

  1. "FGF signaling inhibitor, SPRY4, is evolutionarily conserved target of WNT signaling pathway in progenitor cells". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 17 (3): 529–32. Mar 2006. doi:10.3892/ijmm.17.3.529. PMID 16465403. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: SPRY4 sprouty homolog 4 (Drosophila)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=81848. 
  3. "Human sprouty 4, a new ras antagonist on 5q31, interacts with the dual specificity kinase TESK1". European Journal of Biochemistry 269 (10): 2546–56. May 2002. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.02921.x. PMID 12027893. 

Further reading

External links

  • PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Protein sprouty homolog 4 (SPRY4)