Structural highlights
Disease
NECT4_HUMAN Ectodermal dysplasia-pili torti-cutaneous syndactyly syndrome. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Function
NECT4_HUMAN Seems to be involved in cell adhesion through trans-homophilic and -heterophilic interactions, the latter including specifically interactions with NECTIN1. Does not act as receptor for alpha-herpesvirus entry into cells. (Microbial infection) Acts as a receptor for measles virus.[1] [2]
References
- ↑ Muhlebach MD, Mateo M, Sinn PL, Prufer S, Uhlig KM, Leonard VH, Navaratnarajah CK, Frenzke M, Wong XX, Sawatsky B, Ramachandran S, McCray PB Jr, Cichutek K, von Messling V, Lopez M, Cattaneo R. Adherens junction protein nectin-4 is the epithelial receptor for measles virus. Nature. 2011 Nov 2;480(7378):530-3. doi: 10.1038/nature10639. PMID:22048310 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10639
- ↑ Zhang X, Lu G, Qi J, Li Y, He Y, Xu X, Shi J, Zhang CW, Yan J, Gao GF. Structure of measles virus hemagglutinin bound to its epithelial receptor nectin-4. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2013 Jan;20(1):67-72. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2432. Epub 2012 Dec , 2. PMID:23202587 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.2432
