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MLX (gene)

Introduction

Max-like protein X is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MLX gene.[1][2]

Function

Function

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

Interactions

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

References

References

  1. ↑ Bjerknes M, Cheng H (November 1996). “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”. Human Molecular Genetics. 10 (6): 617–27. doi:10.1093/hmg/10.6.617. 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. 19 (29): 3266–77. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1203634. PMID 10918583.
Further reading

Further reading

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.