ID Q9QXQ0; PN Alpha-actinin-4; GN Actn4; OS 10116; SL Nucleus Position: SL-0198; SL Comments: Nucleus {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O43707}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O43707}. Cell junction {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P57780}. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, stress fiber {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O43707}. Cytoplasm, perinuclear region {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P57780}. Note=Localized in cytoplasmic mRNP granules containing untranslated mRNAs. Expressed in the perinuclear rim and manchette structure in early elongating spermatids during spermiogenesis (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O43707, ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P57780}. DR UNIPROT: Q9QXQ0; DR UNIPROT: Q6P786; DR Pfam: PF00307; DR Pfam: PF08726; DR Pfam: PF00435; DR PROSITE: PS00019; DR PROSITE: PS00020; DR PROSITE: PS50021; DR PROSITE: PS00018; DR PROSITE: PS50222; DE Function: F-actin cross-linking protein which is thought to anchor actin to a variety of intracellular structures. This is a bundling protein. Probably involved in vesicular trafficking via its association with the CART complex. The CART complex is necessary for efficient transferrin receptor recycling but not for EGFR degradation. Involved in tight junction assembly in epithelial cells probably through interaction with MICALL2. Links MICALL2 to the actin cytoskeleton and recruits it to the tight junctions. May also function as a transcriptional coactivator, stimulating transcription mediated by the nuclear hormone receptors PPARG and RARA. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O43707}. DE Reference Proteome: Yes; DE Interaction: P19357; IntAct: EBI-921030; Score: 0.54 DE Interaction: P21708; IntAct: EBI-7617257; Score: 0.35 DE Interaction: P54645; IntAct: EBI-16399805; Score: 0.35 DE Interaction: P80386; IntAct: EBI-16400563; Score: 0.35 GO GO:0015629; GO GO:0030054; GO GO:0042995; GO GO:0005911; GO GO:0030864; GO GO:0030863; GO GO:0005737; GO GO:0005829; GO GO:0005925; GO GO:0043005; GO GO:0016604; GO GO:0005634; GO GO:0048471; GO GO:0005886; GO GO:0032991; GO GO:0031143; GO GO:1990904; GO GO:0001725; GO GO:0030018; GO GO:0051015; GO GO:0005509; GO GO:0031490; GO GO:0016922; GO GO:0030374; GO GO:0042974; GO GO:0001882; GO GO:0042803; GO GO:0047485; GO GO:0044877; GO GO:0000977; GO GO:0003713; GO GO:0044325; GO GO:0030036; GO GO:0051017; GO GO:0070830; GO GO:0055001; GO GO:1900025; GO GO:0035357; GO GO:0030335; GO GO:1901224; GO GO:0048549; GO GO:1902396; GO GO:0015031; GO GO:0042981; GO GO:1903506; GO GO:0001666; GO GO:0048384; GO GO:0033209; GO GO:0030050; TP Membrane Topology: Unknown; Source: UniProt - Sequence Analysis; SQ MVDYHAANQAYQYGPSSGGNGTGGGGGMGDYMAQEDDWDRDLLLDPAWEKQQRKTFTAWCNSHLRKAGTQIENIDEDFRD SQ GLKLMLLLEVISGERLPKPERGKMRVHKINNVNKALDFIASKGVKLVSIGAEEIVDGNAKMTLGMIWTIILRFAIQDISV SQ EETSAKEGLLLWCQRKTAPYKNVNVQNFHISWKDGLAFNALIHRHRPELIEYDKLRKDDPVTNLNNAFEVAEKYLDIPKM SQ LDAEDIVNTARPDEKAIMTYVSSFYHAFSGAQKAETAANRICKVLAVNQENEHLMEDYERLASDLLEWIRRTIPWLEDRV SQ PQKTIQEMQQKLEDFRDYRRVHKPPKVQEKCQLEINFNTLQTKLRLSNRPAFMPSEGRMVSDINNGWQHLEQAEKGYEEW SQ LLNEIRRLERLDHLAEKFRQKASIHEAWTDGKEAMLKHRDYETATLSDIKALIRKHEAFESDLAAHQDRVEQIAAIAQEL SQ NELDYYDSHNVNTRCQKICDQWDNLGSLTHSRREALEKTEKQLETIDQLHLEYAKRAAPFNNWMESAMEDLQDMFIVHTI SQ EEIEGLISAHDQFKSTLPDADREREAILAIHKEAQRIAESNHIKLSGSNPYTSVTPQIINSKWEKVQQLVPKRDHALLEE SQ QSKQQSNEHLRRQFASQANMVGPWIQTKMEEIGRISIEMNGTLEDQLSHLKQYERSIVDYKPNLDLLEQQHQLIQEALIF SQ DNKHTNYTMEHLRVGWEQLLTTIARTINEVENQILTRDAKGISQEQMQEFRASFNHFDKDHGGALGPEEFKACLISLGYD SQ VENDRQGDAEFNRIMSVVDPNHSGLVTFQAFIDFMSRETTDTDTADQVIASFKVLAGDKNFITAEELRRELPPDQAEYCI SQ ARMAPYQGPDAAPGALDYKSFSTALYGESDL //