MAGEA12 explained
Melanoma-associated antigen 12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAGEA12 gene.[1] [2]
Function
This gene is a member of the MAGEA gene family. The members of this family encode proteins with 50 to 80% sequence identity to each other. The promoters and first exons of the MAGEA genes show considerable variability, suggesting that the existence of this gene family enables the same function to be expressed under different transcriptional controls. The MAGEA genes are clustered at chromosomal location Xq28. They have been implicated in some hereditary disorders, such as dyskeratosis congenita.
Further reading
- De Plaen E, Arden K, Traversari C, Gaforio JJ, Szikora JP, De Smet C, Brasseur F, van der Bruggen P, Lethé B, Lurquin C . Structure, chromosomal localization, and expression of 12 genes of the MAGE family . Immunogenetics . 40 . 5 . 360–9 . 1994 . 7927540 . 10.1007/BF01246677 . 11331427 .
- Ding M, Beck RJ, Keller CJ, Fenton RG . Cloning and analysis of MAGE-1-related genes . Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications . 202 . 1 . 549–55 . July 1994 . 8037761 . 10.1006/bbrc.1994.1963 .
- De Smet C, Lurquin C, van der Bruggen P, De Plaen E, Brasseur F, Boon T . Sequence and expression pattern of the human MAGE2 gene . Immunogenetics . 39 . 2 . 121–9 . 1994 . 8276455 . 10.1007/bf00188615 . 13579671 .
- Mallon AM, Platzer M, Bate R, Gloeckner G, Botcherby MR, Nordsiek G, Strivens MA, Kioschis P, Dangel A, Cunningham D, Straw RN, Weston P, Gilbert M, Fernando S, Goodall K, Hunter G, Greystrong JS, Clarke D, Kimberley C, Goerdes M, Blechschmidt K, Rump A, Hinzmann B, Mundy CR, Miller W, Poustka A, Herman GE, Rhodes M, Denny P, Rosenthal A, Brown SD . Comparative genome sequence analysis of the Bpa/Str region in mouse and Man . Genome Research . 10 . 6 . 758–75 . June 2000 . 10854409 . 310879 . 10.1101/gr.10.6.758 .
- Wischnewski F, Friese O, Pantel K, Schwarzenbach H . Methyl-CpG binding domain proteins and their involvement in the regulation of the MAGE-A1, MAGE-A2, MAGE-A3, and MAGE-A12 gene promoters . Molecular Cancer Research . 5 . 7 . 749–59 . July 2007 . 17634428 . 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-06-0364 . free .
Notes and References
- Rogner UC, Wilke K, Steck E, Korn B, Poustka A . The melanoma antigen gene (MAGE) family is clustered in the chromosomal band Xq28 . Genomics . 29 . 3 . 725–31 . October 1995 . 8575766 . 10.1006/geno.1995.9945 .
- Web site: Entrez Gene: MAGEA12 melanoma antigen family A, 12.
