Gene: PEBP4

Alternate names for this Gene: CORK-1|CORK1|GWTM1933|HEL-S-300|PEBP-4|PRO4408|hPEBP4

Gene Summary: The phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)-binding proteins, including PEBP4, are an evolutionarily conserved family of proteins with pivotal biologic functions, such as lipid binding and inhibition of serine proteases (Wang et al., 2004 [PubMed 15302887]).[supplied by OMIM, Dec 2008]. Publication Note: This RefSeq record includes a subset of the publications that are available for this gene. Please see the Gene record to access additional publications. ##Evidence-Data-START## Transcript exon combination :: SRR5189655.220788.1, SRR5189655.192308.1 [ECO:0000332] RNAseq introns :: single sample supports all introns SAMEA2145313, SAMEA2151119 [ECO:0000348] ##Evidence-Data-END## ##RefSeq-Attributes-START## MANE Ensembl match :: ENST00000256404.8/ ENSP00000256404.6 RefSeq Select criteria :: based on conservation, expression, longest protein ##RefSeq-Attributes-END##

Gene is located in Chromosome: 8

Location in Chromosome : 8p21.3

Description of this Gene: phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein 4

Type of Gene: protein-coding

rs4872018 in PEBP4 gene and Esophageal Neoplasms PMID 22960999 2012 Genome-wide association analyses of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Chinese identify multiple susceptibility loci and gene-environment interactions.