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Gene

DDX4

DEAD-box helicase 4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 55,738,061–55,817,157 (GRCh38)
Exons
22 exons across 79.1 kb
Protein
724 amino acids
Also known as
VASA
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000505374.6NM_024415.3
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How DDX4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where DDX4 sits. DDX4 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 55,277,609 to 56,277,608.Chromosome 55q11.2p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.355.4 Mb55.6 Mb55.8 Mb56 Mb56.2 MbDHX29: 55,256,055–55,307,722, reverse strandDHX29MTREX: 55,307,736–55,426,075, forward strandMTREXPLPP1: 55,410,510–55,535,103, reverse strandPLPP1SLC38A9: 55,621,278–55,773,194, reverse strandSLC38A9DDX4: 55,738,061–55,817,157, forward strandDDX4IL31RA: 55,851,357–55,922,854, forward strandIL31RAIL6ST: 55,935,095–55,995,022, reverse strandIL6STANKRD55: 56,098,242–56,233,341, reverse strandANKRD55Diagram of DDX4: 22 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 5Exon 1: 55,738,061–55,738,101, 41 basesExon 2: 55,738,950–55,739,032, 83 basesExon 3: 55,746,164–55,746,221, 58 basesExon 4: 55,760,200–55,760,277, 78 basesExon 5: 55,763,175–55,763,252, 78 basesExon 6: 55,764,014–55,764,064, 51 basesExon 7: 55,767,881–55,767,940, 60 basesExon 8: 55,779,964–55,780,065, 102 basesExon 9: 55,781,066–55,781,146, 81 basesExon 10: 55,781,934–55,781,981, 48 basesExon 11: 55,785,297–55,785,344, 48 basesExon 12: 55,785,447–55,785,494, 48 basesExon 13: 55,785,729–55,785,871, 143 basesExon 14: 55,786,518–55,786,670, 153 basesExon 15: 55,787,846–55,788,000, 155 basesExon 16: 55,790,576–55,790,705, 130 basesExon 17: 55,792,641–55,792,807, 167 basesExon 18: 55,798,426–55,798,571, 146 basesExon 19: 55,813,673–55,813,772, 100 basesExon 20: 55,814,901–55,815,171, 271 basesExon 21: 55,815,313–55,815,423, 111 basesExon 22: 55,816,463–55,817,157, 695 bases1225′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 2.8 kb of the gene's 79.1 kb; 2,175 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.). DDX4 gene: DEAD-box helicase 4. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ddx4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DDX4 gene: DEAD-box helicase 4 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ddx4

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