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TRPV4

Chr 12q24.11

transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 4

Aliases:
OTRPC4, TRP12, VROAC, VRL-2, VR-OAC
MANE:
ENST00000261740.7

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Arthrogryposis

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • DDG2P

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Fetal anomalies

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Hereditary neuropathy

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Hereditary neuropathy or pain disorder

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Limb disorders

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Paediatric motor neuronopathies

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Skeletal dysplasia

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • metatropic dysplasia

    0.83
  • spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, Kozlowski type

    0.82
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2C

    0.79
  • Autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2C

    0.75
  • neuronopathy, distal hereditary motor, autosomal dominant 8

    0.75
  • familial digital arthropathy-brachydactyly

    0.72
  • autosomal dominant brachyolmia

    0.71
  • spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, Maroteaux type

    0.67
  • parastremmatic dwarfism

    0.65
  • hereditary disease

    0.54

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 4

Non-selective calcium permeant cation channel involved in osmotic sensitivity and mechanosensitivity (PubMed:16293632, PubMed:18695040, PubMed:18826956, PubMed:22526352, PubMed:23136043, PubMed:29899501). Activation by exposure to hypotonicity within the physiological range exhibits an outward rectification (PubMed:18695040, PubMed:18826956, PubMed:29899501). Also activated by heat, low pH, citrate and phorbol esters (PubMed:16293632, PubMed:18695040, PubMed:18826956, PubMed:20037586, PubMed:21964574, PubMed:25256292). Increase of intracellular Ca(2+) potentiates currents. Channel activity seems to be regulated by a calmodulin-dependent mechanism with a negative feedback mechanism (PubMed:12724311, PubMed:18826956). Promotes cell-cell junction formation in skin keratinocytes and plays an important role in the formation and/or maintenance of functional intercellular barriers (By similarity). Acts as a regulator of intracellular Ca(2+) in synoviocytes (PubMed:19759329). Plays an obligatory role as a molecular component in the nonselective cation channel activation induced by 4-alpha-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate and hypotonic stimulation in synoviocytes and also regulates production of IL-8 (PubMed:19759329). Together with PKD2, forms mechano- and thermosensitive channels in cilium (PubMed:18695040). Negatively regulates expression of PPARGC1A, UCP1, oxidative metabolism and respiration in adipocytes (By similarity). Regulates expression of chemokines and cytokines related to pro-inflammatory pathway in adipocytes (By similarity). Together with AQP5, controls regulatory volume decrease in salivary epithelial cells (By similarity). Required for normal development and maintenance of bone and cartilage (PubMed:26249260). In its inactive state, may sequester DDX3X at the plasma membrane. When activated, the interaction between both proteins is affected and DDX3X relocalizes to the nucleus (PubMed:29899501). In neurons of the central nervous system, could play a role in triggering voluntary water intake in response to increased sodium concentration in body fluid (By similarity)

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.

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