ID:AGO4_HUMAN DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Protein argonaute-4; Short=Argonaute4; Short=hAgo4; AltName: Full=Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2C 4; Short=eIF-2C 4; Short=eIF2C 4; FUNCTION: Required for RNA-mediated gene silencing (RNAi). Binds to short RNAs such as microRNAs (miRNAs) and represses the translation of mRNAs which are complementary to them. Lacks endonuclease activity and does not appear to cleave target mRNAs. Also required for RNA-directed transcription and replication of the human hapatitis delta virus (HDV). SUBUNIT: Interacts with EIF4B, IMP8, PRMT5, TNRC6A and TNRC6B. INTERACTION: O15397:IPO8; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-2269696, EBI-358808; SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, P-body. SIMILARITY: Belongs to the argonaute family. Ago subfamily. SIMILARITY: Contains 1 PAZ domain. SIMILARITY: Contains 1 Piwi domain. SEQUENCE CAUTION: Sequence=BAB13393.1; Type=Erroneous initiation;
The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.
ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on Q9HCK5
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Orthologous Genes in Other Species
Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.
Biological Process: GO:0006402 mRNA catabolic process GO:0006417 regulation of translation GO:0007130 synaptonemal complex assembly GO:0007140 male meiosis GO:0007223 Wnt signaling pathway, calcium modulating pathway GO:0008584 male gonad development GO:0010501 RNA secondary structure unwinding GO:0010586 miRNA metabolic process GO:0022604 regulation of cell morphogenesis GO:0031047 gene silencing by RNA GO:0031054 pre-miRNA processing GO:0035194 posttranscriptional gene silencing by RNA GO:0035196 production of miRNAs involved in gene silencing by miRNA GO:0035278 miRNA mediated inhibition of translation GO:0035280 miRNA loading onto RISC involved in gene silencing by miRNA GO:0043066 negative regulation of apoptotic process GO:0045652 regulation of megakaryocyte differentiation GO:0035279 mRNA cleavage involved in gene silencing by miRNA GO:0090625 mRNA cleavage involved in gene silencing by siRNA