What Is Human Chromosome 4?

Human chromosome 4 consists of 203 million base pairs. It covers up to 6.5% of the total DNA cell. Chromosome 4 consists of 700 to 1000 genes. Some of the names of those genes are listed as follows:

AFM, AFP, AGA, AGXT2L1, AIH2, ALB, ANK2, ANP32C, ANXA10, EVC, EVC2, FGFR3, FGFRL1, NMAA, PKD2, QDPR, SNCA, UCHL1, WFS1, FGF2, KDR.

Below are some of the names of the disorders which are related to the genes located in chromosome 4:

achondroplasia, bladder cancer, Huntington disease, hypochondroplasia, nonsyndromic deafness, Parkinsons disease, polycystic kidney disease, Romano-Ward syndrome, tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency, thanatophoric dysplasia: Type I and Type II.

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