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MDFI

MyoD family inhibitor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MDFI gene.[1][2][3]

Function

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

Interactions

MDFI has been shown to interact with:

References

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, Berriz GF, Gibbons FD, Dreze M, Ayivi-Guedehoussou N, Klitgord N, Simon C, Boxem M, Milstein S, Rosenberg J, Goldberg DS, Zhang LV, Wong SL, Franklin G, Li S, Albala JS, Lim J, Fraughton C, Llamosas E, Cevik S, Bex C, Lamesch P, Sikorski RS, Vandenhaute J, Zoghbi HY, Smolyar A, Bosak S, Sequerra R, Doucette-Stamm L, Cusick ME, Hill DE, Roth FP, Vidal M (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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