Gene Information
Gene NameOLFM4
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length510
Protein NamesOlfactomedin-4 (OLM4) (Antiapoptotic protein GW112) (G-CSF-stimulated clone 1 protein) (hGC-1) (hOLfD)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000102837 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBQ6UX06
Gene CardOLFM4
Uniprot IDQ6UX06
PfamPF02191
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.530446259)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ OLFM4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ OLFM4 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ OLFM4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ OLFM4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Olfm4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ OLFM4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Olfm4 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsOLFML1, OLFM2, OLFM3, OLFM1, OLFML2B, GLDN, MYOC, OLFML3, OLFML2A
Tissuesmall.intestine.Peyers.patch
Tissue SpecificityExpressed during myeloid lineage development. Much higher expression in bone marrow neutrophils than in peripheral blood neutrophils (at protein level). Strongly expressed in the prostate, small intestine and colon and moderately expressed in the bone marrow and stomach. Overexpressed in some pancreatic cancer tissues. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11867215, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16566923, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17270022, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20724538}.
Pharmacological Animal Models0.000730(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);NULL(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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PDB NA 
DBSNP rs35790097 
Subcellular location [CC]Secreted, extracellular space. Mitochondrion. Note=Subcellular location is not clearly defined: has been shown to be secreted (PubMed:16566923), but also in the mitochondrion (PubMed:15059901 and PubMed:20724538), cytoplasm and plasma membrane (PubMed:20724538) and in the nucleus (PubMed:15059901). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15059901, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16566923, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20724538}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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