SURF4

Also known as ERV29, surfeit 4

Surfeit locus protein 4 or Surf4 is a protein involved in regulating export of some proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum to the golgi bodies. Surf4 is involved in trafficking soluble (i.e. non-membrane-bound) proteins, namely lipoproteins and PCSK9. It recognizes cargo proteins via a three-amino-acid sequence near the N-termini. The related protein in yeast is called Erv29p.

Gene data

SURF4

Name: surfeit 4
Type: protein-coding
Aliases: ERV29

This gene is located in the surfeit gene cluster, which is comprised of very tightly linked housekeeping genes that do not share sequence similarity. The encoded protein is a conserved integral membrane protein that interacts with endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment proteins. Disruption of this gene results in reduced numbers of endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment clusters and redistribution of coat protein I to the cytosol. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013].

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surfeit 4

Symbol: SURF4
Biotype: Protein coding
Organism: Homo sapiens
Location: 9:133,361,450-133,376,233
Strand: Reverse (−)
Assembly: GRCh38

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HomoloGene ID: 6052
exact match: identifiers.org/ncbigene/6836
genomic start: 133361450
genomic end: 136242970
cytogenetic location: 9q34.2

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This gene is named based on its location in the surfeit gene cluster, composed of six housekeeping genes that do not share sequence similarity. The encoded protein is a conserved integral membrane protein containing multiple putative transmembrane regions. Surf4's yeast homolog is directly required for packaging glycosylated pro-alpha-factor into COPII vesicles.