SAMD4A, Official Symbol SAMD4Aprovided by HGNC Official Full Name sterile alpha motif domain containing 4Aprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:23023 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000020577 MIM:610747; AllianceGenome:HGNC:23023 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as SMG; SMGA; SAMD4; SMAUG; SMAUG1 Summary Sterile alpha motifs (SAMs) in proteins such as SAMD4A are part of an RNA-binding domain that functions as a posttranscriptional regulator by binding to an RNA sequence motif known as the Smaug recognition element, which was named after the Drosophila Smaug protein (Baez and Boccaccio, 2005 [PubMed 16221671]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008] Expression Broad expression in testis (RPKM 19.6), heart (RPKM 19.4) and 22 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all