UNC13D

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

UNC13D

Identifiers

Aliases

UNC13D, FHL3, HLH3, HPLH3, Munc13-4, unc-13 homolog D

External IDs

OMIM: 608897; MGI: 1917700; HomoloGene: 26714; GeneCards: UNC13D; OMA:UNC13D - orthologs

Gene location (Human)

Chr.	Chromosome 17 (human)^[1]

Band	17q25.1	Start	75,827,225 bp^[1]
Band	17q25.1	End	75,844,552 bp^[1]

Gene location (Mouse)

Chr.	Chromosome 11 (mouse)^[2]

Band	11\|11 E2	Start	115,952,921 bp^[2]
Band	11\|11 E2	End	115,968,787 bp^[2]

RNA expression pattern

Bgee

Human

Mouse (ortholog)

Top expressed in

granulocyte

bone marrow cells

spleen

right lung

upper lobe of left lung

monocyte

sural nerve

blood

appendix

lymph node

Top expressed in

granulocyte

embryo

morula

blood

blastocyst

thymus

embryo

epiblast

mesenteric lymph nodes

spleen

More reference expression data

BioGPS

n/a

Gene ontology
Molecular function	protein binding
Cellular component	cytoplasm Weibel-Palade body recycling endosome endosome late endosome lysosome exocytic vesicle membrane extracellular region cytosol azurophil granule lumen endoplasmic reticulum intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
Biological process	natural killer cell degranulation regulation of mast cell degranulation germinal center formation positive regulation of exocytosis positive regulation of substrate adhesion-dependent cell spreading defense response to virus granuloma formation positive regulation of regulated secretory pathway phagocytosis exocytosis neutrophil degranulation
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO

Orthologs

Species

Human

Mouse

Entrez


201294


70450

Ensembl


ENSG00000092929


ENSMUSG00000057948

UniProt


Q70J99


B2RUP2

RefSeq (mRNA)


NM_199242


NM_001009573

RefSeq (protein)


NP_954712


NP_001009573

Location (UCSC)

Chr 17: 75.83 – 75.84 Mb

Chr 11: 115.95 – 115.97 Mb

PubMed search

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Wikidata

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Protein unc-13 homolog D, also known as munc13-4, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the UNC13D gene.^[5]

Function

Munc13-4 is a member of the UNC13 family, containing similar domain structure as other family members but lacking an N-terminal phorbol ester-binding C1 domain present in other Munc13 proteins. The protein appears to play a role in vesicle maturation during exocytosis and is involved in regulation of cytolytic granules secretion.

Clinical significance

Mutations in the UNC13D gene are associated with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 3.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000092929 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000057948 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ ^a ^b "Entrez Gene: unc-13 homolog D (C. elegans)".

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