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MN1 (gene)

MN1 is a gene found on human chromosome 22, with gene map locus 22q12.3-qter.[1] Its official full name is meningioma (disrupted in balanced translocation) 1 because it is disrupted by a balanced translocation (4;22) in a meningioma.

Function

Function

MN1 is a transcription coregulator that enhances or represses RAR/RXR-mediated gene transcription through interaction with RAC3 and p300.[2] MN1 also acts as a coactivator of the vitamin D receptor.[3]

Clinical significance

Clinical significance

Its inactivation may be part of the cause of certain meningiomas.[1] A potential link to leukemia[4] including acute myeloid leukemia[5] has also been described.

References

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lekanne Deprez RH, Riegman PH, Groen NA, Warringa UL, van Biezen NA, Molijn AC, Bootsma D, de Jong PJ, Menon AG, Kley NA (April 1995). “Cloning and characterization of MN1, a gene from chromosome 22q11, which is disrupted by a balanced translocation in a meningioma”. Oncogene. 10 (8): 1521–8. PMID 7731706.
  2. van Wely KH, Molijn AC, Buijs A, Meester-Smoor MA, Aarnoudse AJ, Hellemons A, den Besten P, Grosveld GC, Zwarthoff EC (February 2003). “The MN1 oncoprotein synergizes with coactivators RAC3 and p300 in RAR-RXR-mediated transcription”. Oncogene. 22 (5): 699–709. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206124. PMID 12569362.
  3. Sutton AL, Zhang X, Ellison TI, Macdonald PN (September 2005). “The 1,25(OH)2D3-regulated transcription factor MN1 stimulates vitamin D receptor-mediated transcription and inhibits osteoblastic cell proliferation”. Mol. Endocrinol. 19 (9): 2234–44. doi:10.1210/me.2005-0081. PMID 15890672.
  4. Buijs A, Sherr S, van Baal S, et al. (April 1995). “Translocation (12;22) (p13;q11) in myeloproliferative disorders results in fusion of the ETS-like TEL gene on 12p13 to the MN1 gene on 22q11”. Oncogene. 10 (8): 1511–9. PMID 7731705.
  5. Grosveld GC (2007). “MN1, a novel player in human AML”. Blood Cells Mol. Dis. 39 (3): 336–9. doi:10.1016/j.bcmd.2007.06.009. PMC 2387274. PMID 17698380.
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