| Tissue Specificity | Expressed in Bruch's membrane, outer plexiform layer, inner nuclear layer, inner plexiform layer, ganglion cell layer, inner limiting membrane and around the blood vessels of the retina (at protein level). Alpha 3 and alpha 4 type IV collagens are colocalized and present in kidney, eye, basement membranes of lens capsule, cochlea, lung, skeletal muscle, aorta, synaptic fibers, fetal kidney and fetal lung. PubMed:8083201 reports similar levels of expression of alpha 3 and alpha 4 type IV collagens in kidney, but PubMed:7523402 reports that in kidney levels of alpha 3 type IV collagen are significantly lower than those of alpha 4 type IV collagen. Highest levels of expression of alpha 4 type IV collagen are detected in kidney, calvaria, neuroretina and cardiac muscle. Lower levels of expression are observed in brain, lung and thymus, and no expression is detected in choroid plexus, liver, adrenal, pancreas, ileum or skin. |
| Post Translational Modifications | Prolines at the third position of the tripeptide repeating unit (G-X-Y) are hydroxylated in some or all of the chains. Type IV collagens contain numerous cysteine residues which are involved in inter- and intramolecular disulfide bonding. 12 of these, located in the NC1 domain, are conserved in all known type IV collagens. The trimeric structure of the NC1 domains is stabilized by covalent bonds between Lys and Met residues. |
| Function | Type IV collagen is the major structural component of glomerular basement membranes (GBM), forming a 'chicken-wire' meshwork together with laminins, proteoglycans and entactin/nidogen. |
| Protein Name | Collagen Alpha-4(Iv Chain |
| Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-1442490Reactome: R-HSA-1474244Reactome: R-HSA-1650814Reactome: R-HSA-186797Reactome: R-HSA-2022090Reactome: R-HSA-216083Reactome: R-HSA-2214320Reactome: R-HSA-2243919Reactome: R-HSA-3000157Reactome: R-HSA-3000171Reactome: R-HSA-3000178Reactome: R-HSA-419037Reactome: R-HSA-8948216 |
| Cellular Localisation | SecretedExtracellular SpaceExtracellular MatrixBasement MembraneColocalizes With Col4a4 And Col4a5 In GbmTubular Basement Membrane (Tbm) And Synaptic Basal Lamina (Bl) |
| Alternative Antibody Names | Anti-Collagen Alpha-4(Iv Chain antibodyAnti-COL4A4 antibody |
Information sourced from Uniprot.org
