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Facts about Terminal nucleotidyltransferase 4B.
Doesn't need a cofactor for polyadenylation activity (in vitro) (PubMed:21788334, PubMed:21855801). Required for cytoplasmic polyadenylation of mRNAs involved in carbohydrate metabolism, including the glucose transporter SLC2A1/GLUT1 (PubMed:28383716).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TENT4B |
| Uniprot: | Q8NDF8 |
| Entrez: | 64282 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| DNA polymerase type-B-like family |

Terminal nucleotidyltransferase 4B
Mass (kDA):
63.267 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 16q12.1 |
| Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (50152911..50235310) |
Nucleus. Nucleus, nucleolus. Cytoplasm. Predominantly expressed in the cytoplasm (PubMed:18172165).


PMID: 10066793 by Walowsky C., et al. The topoisomerase-related function gene TRF4 affects cellular sensitivity to the antitumor agent camptothecin.
PMID: 18172165 by Mullen T.E., et al. Degradation of histone mRNA requires oligouridylation followed by decapping and simultaneous degradation of the mRNA both 5' to 3' and 3' to 5'.