MSC (gene)

Musculin
Identifiers
Symbols MSC; ABF-1; ABF1; MYOR; bHLHa22
External IDs OMIM603628 MGI1333884 HomoloGene3738 GeneCards: MSC Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 9242 17681
Ensembl ENSG00000178860 ENSMUSG00000025930
UniProt O60682 Q3ZAZ1
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005098 NM_010827.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_005089 NP_034957.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 8:
72.75 – 72.76 Mb
Chr 1:
14.74 – 14.75 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Musculin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MSC gene.[1][2][3]

The protein encoded by this gene is a transcriptional repressor capable of binding an E-box element either as a homodimer or as a heterodimer with E2A in vitro. The encoded protein also forms heterodimers with E2A proteins in vivo. This protein is capable of inhibiting the transactivation capability of E47, an E2A protein, in mammalian cells. This gene is a downstream target of the B-cell receptor signal transduction pathway.[3]

References

  1. ^ Massari ME, Rivera RR, Voland JR, Quong MW, Breit TM, van Dongen JJ, de Smit O, Murre C (Jun 1998). "Characterization of ABF-1, a Novel Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor Expressed in Activated B Lymphocytes". Mol Cell Biol 18 (6): 3130–9. PMC 108895. PMID 9584154. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=108895. 
  2. ^ Robb L, Brodnicki T, Copeland NG, Gilbert DJ, Jenkins NA, Harvey RP (May 1999). "Assignment of the human helix-loop-helix transcription factor gene musculin/activated B-cell factor-1 (MSC) to chromosome 8q21 and its mouse homologue (Msc) to the proximal region of chromosome 1". Genomics 57 (2): 318–9. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5764. PMID 10198176. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: MSC musculin (activated B-cell factor-1)". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=9242. 

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