MXD4

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An Error has occurred retrieving Wikidata item for infobox Max-interacting transcriptional repressor MAD4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MXD4 gene.[1][2]

Function

This gene is a member of the MAD gene family . The MAD genes encode basic helix-loop-helix-leucine zipper proteins that heterodimerize with MAX protein, forming a transcriptional repression complex. The MAD proteins compete for MAX binding with MYC, which heterodimerizes with MAX forming a transcriptional activation complex. Studies in rodents suggest that the MAD genes are tumor suppressors and contribute to the regulation of cell growth in differentiating tissues.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hurlin PJ, Quéva C, Koskinen PJ, Steingrímsson E, Ayer DE, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA, Eisenman RN (November 1995). "Mad3 and Mad4: novel Max-interacting transcriptional repressors that suppress c-myc dependent transformation and are expressed during neural and epidermal differentiation". The EMBO Journal. 14 (22): 5646–59. doi:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb00252.x. PMC 394680. PMID 8521822.
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: MXD4 MAX dimerization protein 4".

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