Runx2

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Runt-related transcription factor 2
PDB rendering based on 1cmo.
Available structures: 1cmo, 1co1, 1e50, 1h9d, 1hjb, 1hjc, 1io4, 1ljm
Identifiers
Symbol(s) RUNX2; AML3; CBFA1; CCD; CCD1; MGC120022; MGC120023; OSF2; PEA2aA; PEBP2A1; PEBP2A2; PEBP2aA; PEBP2aA1
External IDs OMIM: 600211 MGI99829 HomoloGene68389
RNA expression pattern

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Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 860 12393
Ensembl ENSG00000124813 ENSMUSG00000039153
Uniprot Q13950 Q08775
Refseq NM_001015051 (mRNA)
NP_001015051 (protein)
NM_009820 (mRNA)
NP_033950 (protein)
Location Chr 6: 45.4 - 45.63 Mb Chr 17: 44.07 - 44.2 Mb
Pubmed search [1] [2]

Cbfa1/Runx2 is key transcription factor associated with osteoblast differentiation.

This protein is a member of the RUNX family of transcription factors and has a Runt DNA-binding domain. It is essential for osteoblastic differentiation and skeletal morphogenesis and acts as a scaffold for nucleic acids and regulatory factors involved in skeletal gene expression. The protein can bind DNA both as a monomer or, with more affinity, as a subunit of a heterodimeric complex. Transcript variants of the gene that encode different protein isoforms result from the use of alternate promoters as well as alternate splicing.[1]

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[edit] Pathology

Mutations in Cbfa1/Runx2 are associated with the disease Cleidocranial dysostosis.

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  • Otto F, Kanegane H, Mundlos S (2002). "Mutations in the RUNX2 gene in patients with cleidocranial dysplasia.". Hum. Mutat. 19 (3): 209–16. doi:10.1002/humu.10043. PMID 11857736. 
  • Komori T (2002). "[Cbfa1/Runx2, an essential transcription factor for the regulation of osteoblast differentiation]". Nippon Rinsho 60 Suppl 3: 91–7. PMID 11979975. 
  • Stock M, Otto F (2005). "Control of RUNX2 isoform expression: the role of promoters and enhancers.". J. Cell. Biochem. 95 (3): 506–17. doi:10.1002/jcb.20471. PMID 15838892. 
  • Blyth K, Cameron ER, Neil JC (2005). "The RUNX genes: gain or loss of function in cancer.". Nat. Rev. Cancer 5 (5): 376–87. doi:10.1038/nrc1607. PMID 15864279. 
  • Schroeder TM, Jensen ED, Westendorf JJ (2005). "Runx2: a master organizer of gene transcription in developing and maturing osteoblasts.". Birth Defects Res. C Embryo Today 75 (3): 213–25. doi:10.1002/bdrc.20043. PMID 16187316. 

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