TCF12
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The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) E-protein family that recognizes the consensus binding site (E-box) CANNTG. This encoded protein is expressed in many tissues, among them skeletal muscle, thymus, B- and T-cells, and may participate in regulating lineage-specific gene expression through the formation of heterodimers with other bHLH E-proteins. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but the full-length nature of some of these variants has not been determined.cite-ref-entrez-6-1[6] TCF12 has been speculatively related to human male sexuality through a GWAS study indicating association to a related single nucleotide polymorphism.cite-ref-7[7] Mutations in this gene have also been associated with cases of coronal craniosynostosis.cite-ref-8[8]
TCF12 is the primary heterodimerising partner of TCF21, a tumour suppressor gene and a target of SRY/SOX9 activity.cite-ref-9[9]
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References
cite-note-refgrch38ensembl-11. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000140262 – Ensembl, May 2017
cite-note-refgrcm38ensembl-22. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032228 – Ensembl, May 2017
cite-note-33. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
cite-note-44. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
cite-note-entrez-66. ↑ "Entrez Gene: TCF12 transcription factor 12 (HTF4, helix-loop-helix transcription factors 4)".
cite-note-77. ↑ citerefgannaverweijnivardmaier2019Ganna A, Verweij KJ, Nivard MG, Maier R, Wedow R, Busch AS, et al. (August 2019). "Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior". Science. 365 (6456): eaat7693. doi:10.1126/science.aat7693. PMC 7082777. PMID 31467194.
cite-note-88. ↑ citerefsharmafenwickbrockopmcgowan2013Sharma VP, Fenwick AL, Brockop MS, McGowan SJ, Goos JA, Hoogeboom AJ, et al. (March 2013). "Mutations in TCF12, encoding a basic helix-loop-helix partner of TWIST1, are a frequent cause of coronal craniosynostosis". Nature Genetics. 45 (3): 304–7. doi:10.1038/ng.2531. PMC 3647333. PMID 23354436.
cite-note-99. ↑ citerefbhandarisadler-rigglemanclementskinner2011Bhandari RK, Sadler-Riggleman I, Clement TM, Skinner MK (2011-05-17). "Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor TCF21 is a downstream target of the male sex determining gene SRY". PLOS ONE. 6 (5): e19935. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...619935B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019935. PMC 3101584. PMID 21637323.
Further reading
• citerefhuolsonkingston1992Hu JS, Olson EN, Kingston RE (March 1992). "HEB, a helix-loop-helix protein related to E2A and ITF2 that can modulate the DNA-binding ability of myogenic regulatory factors". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12 (3): 1031–42. doi:10.1128/MCB.12.3.1031. PMC 369535. PMID 1312219.
• citerefsommerhagenb-chlewellauerstrubin1991Sommer L, Hagenbüchle O, Wellauer PK, Strubin M (November 1991). "Nuclear targeting of the transcription factor PTF1 is mediated by a protein subunit that does not bind to the PTF1 cognate sequence". Cell. 67 (5): 987–94. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(91)90371-5. PMID 1720355. S2CID 1315068.
• citerefgoldfarblewandowskapennell1998Goldfarb AN, Lewandowska K, Pennell CA (January 1998). "Identification of a highly conserved module in E proteins required for in vivo helix-loop-helix dimerization". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273 (5): 2866–73. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.5.2866. PMID 9446597.
• citerefmassaririveravolandquong1998Massari ME, Rivera RR, Voland JR, Quong MW, Breit TM, van Dongen JJ, et al. (June 1998). "Characterization of ABF-1, a novel basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor expressed in activated B lymphocytes". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18 (6): 3130–9. doi:10.1128/mcb.18.6.3130. PMC 108895. PMID 9584154.
• citerefadellg-mez-cuadradoskoudypettengill2000Adell T, Gómez-Cuadrado A, Skoudy A, Pettengill OS, Longnecker DS, Real FX (March 2000). "Role of the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor p48 in the differentiation phenotype of exocrine pancreas cancer cells". Cell Growth & Differentiation. 11 (3): 137–47. PMID 10768861.
• citerefwiemannweilwellenreuthergassenhuber2001Wiemann S, Weil B, Wellenreuther R, Gassenhuber J, Glassl S, Ansorge W, et al. (March 2001). "Toward a catalog of human genes and proteins: sequencing and analysis of 500 novel complete protein coding human cDNAs". Genome Research. 11 (3): 422–35. doi:10.1101/gr.GR1547R. PMC 311072. PMID 11230166.
• citerefsimpsonwellenreutherpoustkapepperkok2000Simpson JC, Wellenreuther R, Poustka A, Pepperkok R, Wiemann S (September 2000). "Systematic subcellular localization of novel proteins identified by large-scale cDNA sequencing". EMBO Reports. 1 (3): 287–92. doi:10.1093/embo-reports/kvd058. PMC 1083732. PMID 11256614.
• citerefmandolesigarganopennutoilli2002Mandolesi G, Gargano S, Pennuto M, Illi B, Molfetta R, Soucek L, et al. (January 2002). "NGF-dependent and tissue-specific transcription of vgf is regulated by a CREB-p300 and bHLH factor interaction". FEBS Letters. 510 (1–2): 50–6. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(01)03227-6. PMID 11755530. S2CID 19320196.
• citerefkn-flermeinhardtbauerloregger2002Knöfler M, Meinhardt G, Bauer S, Loregger T, Vasicek R, Bloor DJ, et al. (February 2002). "Human Hand1 basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) protein: extra-embryonic expression pattern, interaction partners and identification of its transcriptional repressor domains". The Biochemical Journal. 361 (Pt 3): 641–51. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3610641. PMC 1222348. PMID 11802795.
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