General Information of Drug Off-Target (DOT) (ID: OTY17OL8)

DOT Name Achaete-scute homolog 4 (ASCL4)
Synonyms ASH-4; hASH4; Achaete-scute-like protein 4; Class A basic helix-loop-helix protein 44; bHLHa44
Gene Name ASCL4
UniProt ID
ASCL4_HUMAN
3D Structure
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2D Sequence (FASTA)
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3D Structure (PDB)
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Pfam ID
PF00010
Sequence
METRKPAERLALPYSLRTAPLGVPGTLPGLPRRDPLRVALRLDAACWEWARSGCARGWQY
LPVPLDSAFEPAFLRKRNERERQRVRCVNEGYARLRDHLPRELADKRLSKVETLRAAIDY
IKHLQELLERQAWGLEGAAGAVPQRRAECNSDGESKASSAPSPSSEPEEGGS
Function Could be a transcriptional regulator involved in skin development.
Tissue Specificity Expressed in skin. 7-fold higher expression in fetal skin than in adult skin. Weak expression also detected in fetal lung, aorta and brain, and in adult stomach, kidney, ovary and breast.

Molecular Interaction Atlas (MIA) of This DOT

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1 Drug(s) Affected the Gene/Protein Processing of This DOT
Drug Name Drug ID Highest Status Interaction REF
Acetaminophen DMUIE76 Approved Acetaminophen decreases the expression of Achaete-scute homolog 4 (ASCL4). [1]
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2 Drug(s) Affected the Post-Translational Modifications of This DOT
Drug Name Drug ID Highest Status Interaction REF
Benzo(a)pyrene DMN7J43 Phase 1 Benzo(a)pyrene affects the methylation of Achaete-scute homolog 4 (ASCL4). [2]
Bisphenol A DM2ZLD7 Investigative Bisphenol A decreases the methylation of Achaete-scute homolog 4 (ASCL4). [3]
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References

1 Predictive toxicology using systemic biology and liver microfluidic "on chip" approaches: application to acetaminophen injury. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2012 Mar 15;259(3):270-80.
2 Air pollution and DNA methylation alterations in lung cancer: A systematic and comparative study. Oncotarget. 2017 Jan 3;8(1):1369-1391. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.13622.
3 DNA methylome-wide alterations associated with estrogen receptor-dependent effects of bisphenols in breast cancer. Clin Epigenetics. 2019 Oct 10;11(1):138. doi: 10.1186/s13148-019-0725-y.