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Moderate to strong cytoplasmic immunoreactivity was observed in testicular, prostate, renal cancers and a few colorectal, breast and ovarian cancers. Remaining cancer tissues were weakly stained or negative.
Most cancer tissues displayed moderate to strong cytoplasmic positivity with a granular pattern. Lymphomas, cervical, endometrial, lung and urothelial cancers were mainly negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
AK4 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
AK3, AK3L1
Description
Adenylate kinase 4 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a member of the adenylate kinase family of enzymes. The encoded protein is localized to the mitochondrial matrix. Adenylate kinases regulate the adenine and guanine nucleotide compositions within a cell by catalyzing the reversible transfer of phosphate group among these nucleotides. Five isozymes of adenylate kinase have been identified in vertebrates. Expression of these isozymes is tissue-specific and developmentally regulated. A pseudogene for this gene has been located on chromosome 17. Three transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified for this gene. Sequence alignment suggests that the gene defined by NM_013410, NM_203464, and NM_001005353 is located on chromosome 1. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]