MLX (gene)

Max-like protein X is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MLX gene.[5][6]

MLX
Identifiers
AliasesMLX, MAD7, MXD7, TCFL4, bHLHd13, MAX dimerization protein, TF4, MAX dimerization protein MLX
External IDsOMIM: 602976 MGI: 108398 HomoloGene: 7969 GeneCards: MLX
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 17 (human)[1]
Band17q21.2Start42,567,068 bp[1]
End42,573,239 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern




More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

6945

21428

Ensembl

ENSG00000108788

ENSMUSG00000017801

UniProt

Q9UH92

O08609

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_198205
NM_170607
NM_198204

NM_001159384
NM_001159385
NM_011550

RefSeq (protein)

NP_733752
NP_937847
NP_937848

NP_001152856
NP_001152857
NP_035680

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 42.57 – 42.57 MbChr 11: 101.09 – 101.09 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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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.[6]

Interactions

MLX (gene) has been shown to interact with MNT,[7][8] MXD1[7][8] and MLXIPL.[7]

MLX must dimerize with MondoA[9] or with MLXIPL (carbohydrate-responsive element-binding protein) to regulate target genes.[10]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000108788 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000017801 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. 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.
  6. "Entrez Gene: MLX MAX-like protein X".
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Kaadige MR, Yang J, Wilde BR, Ayer DE (2015). "MondoA-Mlx transcriptional activity is limited by mTOR-MondoA interaction". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 35 (1): 101–110. doi:10.1128/MCB.00636-14. PMC 4295369. PMID 25332233.
  10. Song Z, Yang H, Zhou L, Yang F (2019). "Glucose-Sensing Transcription Factor MondoA/ChREBP as Targets for Type 2 Diabetes: Opportunities and Challenges". International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20 (20): E5132. doi:10.3390/ijms20205132. PMC 6829382. PMID 31623194.

Further reading

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