COPS4 Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

This gene encodes one of eight subunits composing COP9 signalosome, a highly conserved protein complex that functions as an important regulator in multiple signaling pathways. The structure and function of COP9 signalosome is similar to that of the 19S regulatory particle of 26S proteasome. COP9 signalosome has been shown to interact with SCF-type E3 ubiquitin ligases and act as a positive regulator of E3 ubiquitin ligases. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]

COPS4: Component of the COP9 signalosome complex (CSN), a complex involved in various cellular and developmental processes. The CSN complex is an essential regulator of the ubiquitin (Ubl) conjugation pathway by mediating the deneddylation of the cullin subunits of SCF-type E3 ligase complexes, leading to decrease the Ubl ligase activity of SCF-type complexes such as SCF, CSA or DDB2. The complex is also involved in phosphorylation of p53/TP53, c-jun/JUN, IkappaBalpha/NFKBIA, ITPK1 and IRF8/ICSBP, possibly via its association with CK2 and PKD kinases. CSN-dependent phosphorylation of TP53 and JUN promotes and protects degradation by the Ubl system, respectively. Belongs to the CSN4 family.

Protein type: Unknown function

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 4q21.22

Cellular Component: cell junction; cytosol; nucleoplasm; nucleus; signalosome; synaptic vesicle

Molecular Function: NEDD8-specific protease activity; protein binding

Biological Process: cullin deneddylation; DNA repair; nucleotide-excision repair; nucleotide-excision repair, DNA damage recognition; protein deneddylation; transcription-coupled nucleotide-excision repair