WHSC2

Negative elongation factor complex member A
Identifiers
SymbolsNELFA ; NELF-A; WHSC2
External IDsOMIM: 606026 MGI: 1346098 HomoloGene: 68478 GeneCards: NELFA Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez746924116
EnsemblENSG00000185049ENSMUSG00000029111
UniProtQ9H3P2Q8BG30
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_005663NM_011914
RefSeq (protein)NP_005654NP_036044
Location (UCSC)Chr 4:
1.98 – 2.04 Mb
Chr 5:
33.9 – 33.94 Mb
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Negative elongation factor A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WHSC2 gene.[1][2]

This gene is expressed ubiquitously with higher levels in fetal than in adult tissues. It encodes a protein sharing 93% sequence identity with the mouse protein. Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a malformation syndrome associated with a hemizygous deletion of the distal short arm of chromosome 4. This gene is mapped to the 165 kb WHS critical region, and may play a role in the phenotype of the WHS or Pitt-Rogers-Danks syndrome. The encoded protein is found to be capable of reacting with HLA-A2-restricted and tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, suggesting a target for use in specific immunotherapy for a large number of cancer patients. This protein has also been shown to be a member of the NELF (negative elongation factor) protein complex that participates in the regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription elongation.[2] WHSC2 encodes the NELF-A subunit of the NELF complex.[3]

Interactions

WHSC2 has been shown to interact with RDBP.[4]

References

  1. Wright TJ, Costa JL, Naranjo C, Francis-West P, Altherr MR (Sep 1999). "Comparative analysis of a novel gene from the Wolf-Hirschhorn/Pitt-Rogers-Danks syndrome critical region". Genomics 59 (2): 203–12. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5871. PMID 10409432.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: WHSC2 Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome candidate 2".
  3. Narita, Takashi; Yamaguchi, Yuki ; Yano, Keiichi; Sugimoto, Seiji; Chanarat, Sittinan; Wada, Tadashi; Kim, Dong-ki; Hasegawa, Jun; Omori, Masashi; Inukai, Naoto; Endoh, Masaki; Yamada, Tomoko; Handa, Hiroshi (2003). "Human Transcription Elongation Factor NELF: Identification of Novel Subunits and Reconstitution of the Functionally Active Complex". Molecular and Cellular Biology 23 (6): 1863–1873. doi:10.1128/MCB.23.6.1863-1873.2003. PMC 149481. PMID 12612062.
  4. Narita, Takashi; Yamaguchi Yuki, Yano Keiichi, Sugimoto Seiji, Chanarat Sittinan, Wada Tadashi, Kim Dong-ki, Hasegawa Jun, Omori Masashi, Inukai Naoto, Endoh Masaki, Yamada Tomoko, Handa Hiroshi (Mar 2003). "Human Transcription Elongation Factor NELF: Identification of Novel Subunits and Reconstitution of the Functionally Active Complex". Mol. Cell. Biol. (United States) 23 (6): 1863–73. doi:10.1128/MCB.23.6.1863-1873.2003. ISSN 0270-7306. PMC 149481. PMID 12612062.

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