Biology:SOX4

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


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Transcription factor SOX-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SOX4 gene.[1][2][3]

Function

This intronless gene encodes a member of the SOX (SRY-related HMG-box) family of transcription factors involved in the regulation of embryonic development and in the determination of the cell fate. The encoded protein may act as a transcriptional regulator after forming a protein complex with other proteins, such as syndecan binding protein (syntenin). The protein may function in the apoptosis pathway leading to cell death as well as to tumorigenesis and may mediate downstream effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and PTH-related protein (PTHrP) in bone development. The solution structure has been resolved for the HMG-box of a similar mouse protein.[3]

Sox4 is expressed in lymphocytes (B and T) and is required for B lymphocyte development.[4]

Clinical significance

A genomic region close to the SOX4 gene has been associated with endometrial cancer development.[5][6]

Interactions

SOX4 has been shown to interact with SDCBP.[7]

See also

References

  1. "Characterization and mapping of the human SOX4 gene". Mammalian Genome 4 (10): 577–84. January 1994. doi:10.1007/BF00361388. PMID 8268656. 
  2. "Assignment of Sox4 to mouse chromosome 13 bands A3-A5 by fluorescence in situ hybridization; refinement of the human SOX4 location to 6p22.3 and of SOX20 to chromosome 17p12.3". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 81 (3–4): 294–5. October 1998. doi:10.1159/000015052. PMID 9730625. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: SOX4 SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 4". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=6659. 
  4. "The roles of transcription factors in B lymphocyte commitment, development, and transformation". Journal of Leukocyte Biology 75 (6): 973–81. June 2004. doi:10.1189/jlb.1103554. PMID 14982952. 
  5. "Identification of nine new susceptibility loci for endometrial cancer" (in En). Nature Communications 9 (1): 3166. August 2018. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05427-7. PMID 30093612. Bibcode2018NatCo...9.3166O. 
  6. "GWAS meta-analysis of 16 852 women identifies new susceptibility locus for endometrial cancer". Human Molecular Genetics 25 (12): 2612–2620. June 2016. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddw092. PMID 27008869. 
  7. "Cytokine-specific transcriptional regulation through an IL-5Ralpha interacting protein". Science 293 (5532): 1136–8. August 2001. doi:10.1126/science.1059157. PMID 11498591. 

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