MLX (gene)

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MLX, MAX dimerization protein
Identifiers
SymbolsMLX; MAD7; MXD7; TCFL4; bHLHd13
External IDsOMIM: 602976 MGI: 108398 HomoloGene: 7969 GeneCards: MLX Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez694521428
EnsemblENSG00000108788ENSMUSG00000017801
UniProtQ9UH92O08609
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_170607NM_001159384
RefSeq (protein)NP_733752NP_001152856
Location (UCSC)Chr 17:
40.72 – 40.73 Mb
Chr 11:
101.09 – 101.09 Mb
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Max-like protein X is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MLX gene.[1][2]

The product of this gene belongs to the family of basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper (bHLH-Zip) transcription factors. These factors form heterodimers with Mad proteins and play a role in proliferation, determination and differentiation. This gene product may act to diversify Mad family function by its restricted association with a subset of the Mad family of transcriptional repressors, namely Mad1 and Mad4. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified for this gene.[2]

Interactions

MLX (gene) has been shown to interact with MNT,[3][4] MXD1[3][4] and MLXIPL.[3]

References

  1. Bjerknes M, Cheng H (January 1997). "TCFL4: a gene at 17q21.1 encoding a putative basic helix-loop-helix leucine-zipper transcription factor". Gene 181 (1–2): 7–11. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00376-9. PMID 8973301. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: MLX MAX-like protein X". 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cairo, S; Merla G, Urbinati F, Ballabio A, Reymond A (March 2001). "WBSCR14, a gene mapping to the Williams--Beuren syndrome deleted region, is a new member of the Mlx transcription factor network". Hum. Mol. Genet. (England) 10 (6): 617–27. doi:10.1093/hmg/10.6.617. ISSN 0964-6906. PMID 11230181. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Meroni, G; Cairo S, Merla G, Messali S, Brent R, Ballabio A, Reymond A (July 2000). "Mlx, a new Max-like bHLHZip family member: the center stage of a novel transcription factors regulatory pathway?". Oncogene (ENGLAND) 19 (29): 3266–77. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1203634. ISSN 0950-9232. PMID 10918583. 

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