Biology:PATZ1

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POZ-, AT hook-, and zinc finger-containing protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PATZ1 gene.[1][2][3][4]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene contains an AT-hook DNA binding motif, which usually binds to other DNA binding structures to play an important role in chromatin modeling and transcription regulation. Its Poz domain is thought to function as a site for protein-protein interaction and is required for transcriptional repression, and the zinc-fingers comprise the DNA binding domain. Since the encoded protein has typical features of a transcription factor, it is postulated to be a repressor of gene expression. In small round cell sarcoma, this gene is fused to EWS by a small inversion of 22q, then the hybrid is thought to be translocated (t(1;22)(p36.1;q12). The rearrangement of chromosome 22 involves intron 8 of EWS and exon 1 of this gene creating a chimeric sequence containing the transactivation domain of EWS fused to zinc finger domain of this protein. This is a distinct example of an intra-chromosomal rearrangement of chromosome 22. Four alternatively spliced transcript variants are described for this gene.[4]

Interactions

PATZ1 has been shown to interact with:

References

  1. "The DNA sequence of human chromosome 22". Nature 402 (6761): 489–95. December 1999. doi:10.1038/990031. PMID 10591208. Bibcode1999Natur.402..489D. 
  2. "PATZ1 gene has a critical role in the spermatogenesis and testicular tumours". J Pathol 215 (1): 39–47. April 2008. doi:10.1002/path.2323. PMID 18241078. 
  3. "Zinc finger protein 278, a potential oncogene in human colorectal cancer". Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 40 (4): 289–96. April 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1745-7270.2008.00405.x. PMID 18401526. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Entrez Gene: PATZ1 POZ (BTB) and AT hook containing zinc finger 1". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=23598. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "PATZ attenuates the RNF4-mediated enhancement of androgen receptor-dependent transcription". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (5): 3280–5. February 2002. doi:10.1074/jbc.M109491200. PMID 11719514. 
  6. "Interaction and cooperation of mi transcription factor (MITF) and myc-associated zinc-finger protein-related factor (MAZR) for transcription of mouse mast cell protease 6 gene". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (10): 8566–71. March 2002. doi:10.1074/jbc.M110392200. PMID 11751862. 
  7. "A novel member of the BTB/POZ family, PATZ, associates with the RNF4 RING finger protein and acts as a transcriptional repressor". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (11): 7894–901. March 2000. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.11.7894. PMID 10713105. 

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