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Facts about DNA repair protein XRCC4.
The LIG4-XRCC4 complex is responsible for the NHEJ ligation step, and XRCC4 enriches the joining activity of LIG4. Binding of the LIG4-XRCC4 complex to DNA ends is dependent on the assembly of this DNA-dependent protein kinase complex DNA-PK to those DNA ends.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | XRCC4 |
| Uniprot: | Q13426 |
| Entrez: | 7518 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| XRCC4 family |

complementing defective, repair in Chinese hamster; X-ray repair complementing defective repair in Chinese hamster cells 4; X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 4
Mass (kDA):
38.287 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 5q14.2 |
| Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (83077409..83370333) |
Widely expressed.
Nucleus.






PMID: 8548796 by Li Z., et al. The XRCC4 gene encodes a novel protein involved in DNA double-strand break repair and V(D)J recombination.
PMID: 9259561 by Critchlow S.E., et al. Mammalian DNA double-strand break repair protein XRCC4 interacts with DNA ligase IV.