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Gene

DCAF4

DDB1 and CUL4 associated factor 4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
14q24.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 14: 72,926,464–72,959,703 (GRCh38)
Exons
14 exons across 33.2 kb
Protein
495 amino acids
Also known as
DKFZp434K114
Previous symbols
WDR21, WDR21A
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000358377.7NM_015604.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads DCAF4 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How DCAF4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 14, with a bracket where DCAF4 sits. DCAF4 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 14, from 72,443,084 to 73,443,083.Chromosome 1414q24.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.11q32.12q32.13q32.2q32.31q32.32q32.3372.6 Mb72.8 Mb73 Mb73.2 Mb73.4 MbRGS6: 71,931,979–72,566,530, forward strandRGS6DPF3: 72,609,034–72,894,117, reverse strandDPF3DCAF4: 72,926,464–72,959,703, forward strandDCAF4ZFYVE1: 72,969,445–73,027,140, reverse strandZFYVE1RBM25: 73,058,307–73,123,899, forward strandRBM25PSEN1: 73,136,418–73,223,691, forward strandPSEN1PAPLN: 73,236,338–73,345,508, forward strandPAPLNNUMB: 73,274,146–73,466,167, reverse strandNUMBDiagram of DCAF4: 14 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 14Exon 1: 72,926,464–72,926,543, 80 basesExon 2: 72,937,971–72,938,070, 100 basesExon 3: 72,939,802–72,939,902, 101 basesExon 4: 72,940,220–72,940,377, 158 basesExon 5: 72,941,745–72,941,824, 80 basesExon 6: 72,942,994–72,943,096, 103 basesExon 7: 72,945,884–72,946,027, 144 basesExon 8: 72,947,142–72,947,191, 50 basesExon 9: 72,951,798–72,951,877, 80 basesExon 10: 72,954,164–72,954,262, 99 basesExon 11: 72,954,386–72,954,483, 98 basesExon 12: 72,955,523–72,955,696, 174 basesExon 13: 72,956,386–72,956,500, 115 basesExon 14: 72,958,612–72,959,703, 1,092 bases124681012145′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 2.5 kb of the gene's 33.2 kb; 1,488 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). DCAF4 gene: DDB1 and CUL4 associated factor 4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/dcaf4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DCAF4 gene: DDB1 and CUL4 associated factor 4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/dcaf4

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