Gene Information
Gene NameCLEC4A
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length237
Protein NamesC-type lectin domain family 4 member A (C-type lectin DDB27) (C-type lectin superfamily member 6) (Dendritic cell immunoreceptor) (Lectin-like immunoreceptor) (CD antigen CD367)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age680 ( ENSG00000111729 )
Evolutionary StageMammalia
AlphaFoldDBQ9UMR7
Gene CardCLEC4A
Uniprot IDQ9UMR7
PfamPF00059
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-1.02643347)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ CLEC4A ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ CLEC4A ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Clec4a1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Clec4a1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ CLEC4A ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsASGR1, CLEC4G, CLEC4C, CLEC4M, CLEC17A, ASGR2, CLEC4F, CLEC10A, CLEC6A, FCER2, CD209, CLEC4D, CD207, CLEC4E
Tissuelung, spleen, whole.blood
Tissue SpecificityExpressed preferentially in hematopoietic tissues. Expressed in all circulating Ag-presenting cells such as dendritic cells, myeloid cells, monocytes, macrophages, B-cells and epidermal Langerhans cells (at protein level). Expressed in peripheral blood leukocytes, neutrophils, moderate quantities in spleen, lymph node, and bone marrow, and at very low levels in thymus. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10438934, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11178971, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11994513, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18258799, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20530286}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 5B1W  (X-ray  3.05A  5B1X  (X-ray  2.90A 
DBSNP rs2024301 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18258799};
Single-pass type II membrane protein {ECO:0000305};
Extracellular side {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18258799}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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