annexin A4 (ANXA4, lipocortin-4, endonexin-1, chromobindin-4, placental anticoagulant protein-2, PAP-2, 35-beta calcimedin, PP4X)

Function

• Ca+2/phospholipid-binding protein
• promotes membrane fusion with role in exocytosis (putative)
• seems to bind one Ca+2 with high affinity

Structure

• a pair of annexin repeats may form one binding site for Ca+2 & phospholipid
• belongs to the annexin family
• contains 4 annexin repeats

More general terms

• lipocortin or calpactin
• annexin

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P09525.html
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/106491
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=307