Apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like 4 (putative)
Gene Summary
APOBEC4 is a putative C to U editing enzyme whose physiological substrate is not yet known.This gene encodes a member of the AID/APOBEC family of polynucleotide (deoxy)cytidine deaminases, which convert cytidine to uridine. Other AID/APOBEC family members are involved in mRNA editing, somatic hypermutation and recombination of immunoglobulin genes, and innate immunity to retroviral infection.