Description_x000D_ General description_x000D_ The protein encoded by this gene is one of the highly conserved mini-chromosome maintenance proteins (MCM) that are essential for the initiation of eukaryotic genome replication. The hexameric protein complex formed by MCM proteins is a key component of the pre-replication complex (pre_RC) and may be involved in the formation of replication forks and in the recruitment of other DNA replication related proteins. The MCM complex consisting of this protein and MCM2, 6 and 7 proteins possesses DNA helicase activity, and may act as a DNA unwinding enzyme. The phosphorylation of this protein by CDC2 kinase reduces the DNA helicase activity and chromatin binding of the MCM complex. This gene is mapped to a region on the chromosome 8 head-to-head next to the PRKDC/DNA-PK, a DNA-activated protein kinase involved in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been reported. (provided by RefSeq)_x000D_ Immunogen_x000D_ MCM4 (AAH31061.1, 1 a.a. ~ 863 a.a) full-length human protein._x000D_ Sequence_x000D_ MSSPASTPSRRGSRRGRATPAQTPRSEDARSSPSQRRRGEDSTSTGELQPMPTSPGVDLQSPAAQDVLFSSPPQMHSSAIPLDFDVSSPLTYGTPSSRVEGTPRSGVRGTPVRQRPDLGSAQKGLQVDLQSDGAAAEDIVASEQSLGQKLVIWGTDVNVAACKENFQRFLQRFIDPLAKEEENVGIDITEPLYMQRLGEINVIGEPFLNVNCEHIKSFDKNLYRQLISYPQEVIPTFDMAVNEIFFDRYPDSILEHQIQVRPFNALKTKNMRNLNPEDIDQLITISGMVIRTSQLIPEMQEAFFQCQVCAHTTRVEMDRGRIAEPSVCGRCHTTHSMALIHNRSLFSDKQMIKLQESPEDMPAGQTPHTVILFAHNDLVDKVQPGDRVNVTGIYRAVPIRVNPRVSNVKSVYKTHIDVIHYRKTDAKRLHGLDEEAEQKLFSEKRVELLKELSRKPDIYERLASALAPSIYEHEDIKKGILLQLFGGTRKDFSHTGRGKFRAEINILLCGDPGTSKSQLLQYVYNLVPRGQYTSGKGSSAVGLTAYVMKDPETRQLVLQTGALVLSDNGICCIDEFDKMNESTRSVLHEVMEQQTLSIAKAGIICQLNARTSVLAAANPIESQWNPKKTTIENIQLPHTLLSRFDLIFLMLDPQDEAYDRRLAHHLVALYYQSEEQAEEELLDMAVLKDYIAYAHSTIMPRLSEEASQALIEAYVDMRKIGSSRGMVSAYPRQLESLIRLAEAHAKVRLSNKVEAIDVEEAKRLHREALKQSATDPRTGIVDISILTTGMSATSRKRKEELAEALKKLILSKGKTPALKYQQLFEDIRGQSDIAITKDMFEEALRALADDDFLTVTGKTVRLL_x000D_ Physical form_x000D_ Solution in phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.4_x000D_ Disclaimer_x000D_ Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.