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Facts about Sialidase-4.
Has a broad substrate specificity being active on glycoproteins, oligosaccharides and sialylated glycolipids. .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | NEU4 |
Uniprot: | Q8WWR8 |
Entrez: | 129807 |
Belongs to: |
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glycosyl hydrolase 33 family |
EC 3.2.1.18; FLJ35928; MGC102757; MGC18222; N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminidase 4; neuraminidase 4; sialidase 4; sialidase-4
Mass (kDA):
51.572 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 2q37.3 |
Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (241809193..241817413) |
Ubiquitous with higher expression in heart, skeletal muscle, liver and placenta.
[Isoform 1]: Membrane; Peripheral membrane protein.; [Isoform 2]: Lysosome lumen. According to PubMed:15213228, isoform 2 is soluble, N-glycosylated and found in the lumen of lysosomes. However, no signal sequence nor N-glycosylation site is predicted from the sequence.
PMID: 14962670 by Monti E., et al. Molecular cloning and characterization of NEU4, the fourth member of the human sialidase gene family.
PMID: 15213228 by Seyrantepe V., et al. Neu4, a novel human lysosomal lumen sialidase, confers normal phenotype to sialidosis and galactosialidosis cells.