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DDX41 (Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX41) is an enzyme. The public catalogues list it as a biomarker, and clinical evidence ties its variants to diagnosis, prognosis or drug response. Tied to Leukaemia, Myeloproliferative neoplasms, Myelodysplastic syndromes / neoplasms and 1 more. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Multifunctional protein that participates in many aspects of cellular RNA metabolism. Plays pivotal roles in innate immune sensing and haematopoietic homeostasis. Recognises foreign or self-nucleic acids generated during microbial infection, thereby initiating anti-pathogen responses. Mechanistically, phosphorylation by BTK allows binding to dsDNA leading to interaction with STING1. Modulates the homeostasis of dsDNA through its ATP-dependent DNA-unwinding activity and ATP-independent strand-annealing activity. In turn, induces STING1-mediated type I interferon and cytokine responses to DNA and DNA viruses. Location: Nucleus; Cytoplasm (UniProt). Locus 5q35.3 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Leukaemia: Open Targets association 0.77 with leukaemia (MONDO_0005059)
  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms: Open Targets association 0.77 with myeloproliferative neoplasm (MONDO_0020076)
  • Myelodysplastic syndromes / neoplasms: Open Targets association 0.69 with myelodysplastic syndrome (MONDO_0018881); CIViC evidence names this disease
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia: Open Targets association 0.72 with acute myeloid leukaemia (MONDO_0018874); CIViC evidence names this disease
Class: enzyme · Gene: DDX41 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"DDX41" OR ABSTRACT:"DDX41" OR TITLE:"DEAD-box helicase 41" OR ABSTRACT:"DEAD-box helicase 41" OR TITLE:"Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX41" OR ABSTRACT:"Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX41" OR TITLE:"MGC8828" OR ABSTRACT:"MGC8828") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about DDX41, not a curated reading list.

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