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RECQL4

Chr 8q24.3

RecQ like helicase 4

Aliases:
RecQ4
MANE:
ENST00000617875.6

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Childhood solid tumours

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Childhood solid tumours cancer susceptibility

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • COVID-19 research

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Cutaneous photosensitivity with a likely genetic cause

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • DDG2P

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal anomalies

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Limb disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Monogenic short stature

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • Rothmund-Thomson syndrome type 2

    0.83
  • Baller-Gerold syndrome

    0.81
  • rapadilino syndrome

    0.76
  • Rothmund-Thomson syndrome

    0.71
  • osteosarcoma

    0.53
  • Inherited cancer-predisposing syndrome

    0.52
  • hereditary neoplastic syndrome

    0.52
  • hereditary disease

    0.51
  • severe combined immunodeficiency

    0.46
  • combined immunodeficiency

    0.46

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

ATP-dependent DNA helicase Q4

An ATP-dependent DNA helicase which unwinds dsDNA with a 3'-overhang in a 3'-5' direction (PubMed:28653661). Does not unwind more than 18 bp of dsDNA (PubMed:28653661). May modulate chromosome segregation. The N-terminal domain (residues 1-54) binds DNA Y-shaped DNA better than ss- or dsDNA (PubMed:22730300). The core helicase domain binds ssDNA (PubMed:22730300, PubMed:28653661)

Curated MONDO disease pages that list RECQL4 among their top associated genes.

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.