MDFI

MyoD family inhibitor
Identifiers
SymbolsMDFI ; I-MF; I-mfa
External IDsOMIM: 604971 HomoloGene: 21150 GeneCards: MDFI Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez418817240
EnsemblENSG00000112559ENSMUSG00000032717
UniProtQ99750P70331
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001300804NM_001109973
RefSeq (protein)NP_001287733NP_001103443
Location (UCSC)Chr 6:
41.6 – 41.62 Mb
Chr 17:
47.82 – 47.83 Mb
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MyoD family inhibitor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MDFI gene.[1][2][3]

Function

This protein is a transcription factor that negatively regulates other myogenic family proteins. Studies of the mouse homolog, I-mf, show that it interferes with myogenic factor function by masking nuclear localization signals and preventing DNA binding. Knockout mouse studies show defects in the formation of vertebrae and ribs that also involve cartilage formation in these structures.[3]

Interactions

MDFI has been shown to interact with:

References

  1. Kraut N (Sep 1997). "The gene encoding I-mf (Mdfi) maps to human chromosome 6p21 and mouse chromosome 17". Mamm Genome 8 (8): 618–9. doi:10.1007/s003359900517. PMID 9250874.
  2. Wang Q, Young TM, Mathews MB, Pe'ery T (Mar 2007). "Developmental regulators containing the I-mfa domain interact with T cyclins and Tat and modulate transcription". J Mol Biol 367 (3): 630–46. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.01.020. PMC 1868487. PMID 17289077.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: MDFI MyoD family inhibitor".
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Rual JF, Venkatesan K, Hao T, Hirozane-Kishikawa T, Dricot A, Li N et al. (Oct 2005). "Towards a proteome-scale map of the human protein-protein interaction network". Nature 437 (7062): 1173–8. doi:10.1038/nature04209. PMID 16189514.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Chen CM, Kraut N, Groudine M, Weintraub H (Sep 1996). "I-mf, a novel myogenic repressor, interacts with members of the MyoD family". Cell 86 (5): 731–41. doi:10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80148-8. PMID 8797820.

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