SOX4

SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 4
Identifiers
Symbols SOX4; EVI16
External IDs OMIM184430 MGI98366 HomoloGene2338 GeneCards: SOX4 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 6659 20677
Ensembl ENSG00000124766 ENSMUSG00000076431
UniProt Q06945 Q5SW95
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_003107 NM_009238.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_003098 NP_033264.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 6:
21.59 – 21.6 Mb
Chr 13:
29.04 – 29.05 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Transcription factor SOX-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SOX4 gene.[1][2][3]

This intronless gene encodes a member of the SOX (SRY-related HMG-box) family of transcription factors involved in the regulation of embryonic development and in the determination of the cell fate. The encoded protein may act as a transcriptional regulator after forming a protein complex with other proteins, such as syndecan binding protein (syntenin). The protein may function in the apoptosis pathway leading to cell death as well as to tumorigenesis and may mediate downstream effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and PTH-related protein (PTHrP) in bone development. The solution structure has been resolved for the HMG-box of a similar mouse protein.[3]

Sox4 is expressed in lymphocytes (B and T) and is required for B lymphocyte development.[4]

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Interactions

SOX4 has been shown to interact with SDCBP.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Farr CJ, Easty DJ, Ragoussis J, Collignon J, Lovell-Badge R, Goodfellow PN (Jan 1994). "Characterization and mapping of the human SOX4 gene". Mamm Genome 4 (10): 577–84. doi:10.1007/BF00361388. PMID 8268656. 
  2. ^ Critcher R, Stitson RN, Wade-Martins R, Easty DJ, Farr CJ (Oct 1998). "Assignment of Sox4 to mouse chromosome 13 bands A3-A5 by fluorescence in situ hybridization; refinement of the human SOX4 location to 6p22.3 and of SOX20 to chromosome 17p12.3". Cytogenet Cell Genet 81 (3–4): 294–5. doi:10.1159/000015052. PMID 9730625. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: SOX4 SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 4". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=6659. 
  4. ^ Smith E, Sigvardsson M (2004). "The roles of transcription factors in B lymphocyte commitment, development, and transformation". J. Leukoc. Biol. 75 (6): 973–81. doi:10.1189/jlb.1103554. PMID 14982952. 
  5. ^ Geijsen, N; Uings I J, Pals C, Armstrong J, McKinnon M, Raaijmakers J A, Lammers J W, Koenderman L, Coffer P J (Aug. 2001). "Cytokine-specific transcriptional regulation through an IL-5Ralpha interacting protein". Science (United States) 293 (5532): 1136–8. doi:10.1126/science.1059157. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 11498591. 

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