MNT (gene)

MNT
Identifiers
Aliases MNT, MAD6, MXD6, ROX, bHLHd3, MAX network transcriptional repressor
External IDs MGI: 109150 HomoloGene: 7842 GeneCards: MNT
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

4335

17428

Ensembl

ENSG00000070444

ENSMUSG00000000282

UniProt

Q99583

O08789

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020310

NM_010813

RefSeq (protein)

NP_064706.1

NP_034943.3

Location (UCSC) Chr 17: 2.38 – 2.4 Mb Chr 11: 74.83 – 74.85 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Max-binding protein MNT is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MNT gene.[3][4]

Function

The Myc/Max/Mad network comprises a group of transcription factors that co-interact to regulate gene-specific transcriptional activation or repression. This gene encodes a protein member of the Myc/Max/Mad network. This protein has a basic-Helix-Loop-Helix-zipper domain (bHLHzip) with which it binds the canonical DNA sequence CANNTG, known as the E box, following heterodimerization with Max proteins. This protein is likely a transcriptional repressor and an antagonist of Myc-dependent transcriptional activation and cell growth. This protein represses transcription by binding to DNA binding proteins at its N-terminal Sin3-interaction domain.[4]

Interactions

MNT (gene) has been shown to interact with MLX,[5][6] SIN3A[7] and MAX.[7]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Lo Nigro C, Venesio T, Reymond A, Meroni G, Alberici P, Cainarca S, Enrico F, Stack M, Ledbetter DH, Liscia DS, Ballabio A, Carrozzo R (Apr 1998). "The human ROX gene: genomic structure and mutation analysis in human breast tumors". Genomics. 49 (2): 275–82. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5241. PMID 9598315.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: MNT MAX binding protein".
  5. Cairo S, Merla G, Urbinati F, Ballabio A, Reymond A (Mar 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.
  6. Meroni G, Cairo S, Merla G, Messali S, Brent R, Ballabio A, Reymond A (Jul 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.
  7. 1 2 Meroni G, Reymond A, Alcalay M, Borsani G, Tanigami A, Tonlorenzi R, Lo Nigro C, Messali S, Zollo M, Ledbetter DH, Brent R, Ballabio A, Carrozzo R (May 1997). "Rox, a novel bHLHZip protein expressed in quiescent cells that heterodimerizes with Max, binds a non-canonical E box and acts as a transcriptional repressor". The EMBO Journal. 16 (10): 2892–906. doi:10.1093/emboj/16.10.2892. PMC 1169897Freely accessible. PMID 9184233.

Further reading

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