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RECQL4 (ATP-dependent DNA helicase Q4) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as a tumour suppressor, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Sarcomas, Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer, Breast cancer and 5 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

An ATP-dependent DNA helicase which unwinds dsDNA with a 3'-overhang in a 3'-5' direction. Does not unwind more than 18 bp of dsDNA. May modulate chromosome segregation. The N-terminal domain (residues 1-54) binds DNA Y-shaped DNA better than ss- or dsDNA. The core helicase domain binds ssDNA. Location: Cytoplasm; Nucleus (UniProt). Locus 8q24.3 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Sarcomas: Open Targets association 0.61 with sarcoma (MONDO_0005089)
  • Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer: Open Targets association 0.56 with gastric cancer (MONDO_0001056); IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (STAD)
  • Breast cancer: Open Targets association 0.56 with breast cancer (MONDO_0007254)
  • Colorectal cancer: Open Targets association 0.54 with colorectal cancer (MONDO_0005575)
  • Lung cancer: Open Targets association 0.54 with lung cancer (MONDO_0008903)
  • Ovarian cancer: Open Targets association 0.52 with ovarian cancer (MONDO_0008170)
Class: tumor suppressor · Gene: RECQL4 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"RECQL4" OR ABSTRACT:"RECQL4" OR TITLE:"RecQ like helicase 4" OR ABSTRACT:"RecQ like helicase 4" OR TITLE:"ATP-dependent DNA helicase Q4" OR ABSTRACT:"ATP-dependent DNA helicase Q4" OR TITLE:"RecQ4" OR ABSTRACT:"RecQ4") 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 RECQL4, not a curated reading list.

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The dossier as machine-readable JSON: identifiers from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL, products with status, trials, pathways, hotspots, open questions and assays. The full entity record is in the open API at /api/v1/entities/recql4.json. Licence CC BY-NC 4.0.