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PLCB4

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Species
  
Human

Entrez
  
5332

Human
  
Mouse

Ensembl
  
ENSG00000101333

PLCB4

Aliases
  
PLCB4, ARCND2, PI-PLC, phospholipase C beta 4

External IDs
  
MGI: 107464 HomoloGene: 8471 GeneCards: PLCB4

1-Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PLCB4 gene.

Function

The protein encoded by this gene catalyzes the formation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and diacylglycerol from phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. This reaction uses calcium as a cofactor and plays an important role in the intracellular transduction of many extracellular signals in the retina. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

References

PLCB4 Wikipedia