DUX4

double homeobox 4

4q35.2

Also known as: DUX4L

Gene Summary

RefSeq / NCBI

This gene is located within a D4Z4 repeat array in the subtelomeric region of chromosome 4q. The D4Z4 repeat is polymorphic in length; a similar D4Z4 repeat array has been identified on chromosome 10. Each D4Z4 repeat unit has an open reading frame (named DUX4) that encodes two homeoboxes; the repeat-array and ORF is conserved in other mammals. The encoded protein has been reported to function as a transcriptional activator of paired-like homeodomain transcription factor 1 (PITX1; GeneID 5307). Contraction of the macrosatellite repeat causes autosomal dominant facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2015]

External Resources

WUSTL Neuromuscular

Washington University Disease Center

ClinGen

Clinical Genome Resource

G2P

Gene-to-Phenotype (EBI)

GeneReviews

NCBI Expert-Authored Reviews

NCBI Gene

National Center for Biotechnology Information

PubMed

Biomedical Literature

UniProt

Universal Protein Resource

DECIPHER

DatabasE of genomiC varIation and Phenotype in Humans

Gene data compiled from the Washington University Neuromuscular Disease Center, NCBI Gene, and OMIM. For clinical use, always refer to primary sources.