Biology:SALL1

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Sal-like 1 (Drosophila), also known as SALL1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the SALL1 gene.[1][2] As the full name suggests, it is one of the human versions of the spalt (sal) gene known in Drosophila.

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a zinc finger transcriptional repressor and may be part of the NuRD histone deacetylase (HDAC) complex.[1]

Clinical significance

Defects in this gene are a cause of Townes–Brocks syndrome (TBS) as well as branchio-oto-renal syndrome (BOR). Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[1]

Interactions

SALL1 has been shown to interact with TERF1[3] and UBE2I.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Entrez Gene: SALL1 sal-like 1 (Drosophila)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=6299. 
  2. "Mutations in the SALL1 putative transcription factor gene cause Townes-Brocks syndrome". Nature Genetics 18 (1): 81–3. Jan 1998. doi:10.1038/ng0198-81. PMID 9425907. 
  3. "SALL1, the gene mutated in Townes-Brocks syndrome, encodes a transcriptional repressor which interacts with TRF1/PIN2 and localizes to pericentromeric heterochromatin". Human Molecular Genetics 10 (26): 3017–24. Dec 2001. doi:10.1093/hmg/10.26.3017. PMID 11751684. 
  4. "Interaction of the developmental regulator SALL1 with UBE2I and SUMO-1". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 296 (4): 870–6. Aug 2002. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02003-X. PMID 12200128. 

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.