Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor

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Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor
Identifiers
Symbol(s) MITF; WS2A
External IDs OMIM: 156845 MGI104554 HomoloGene4892
RNA expression pattern

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Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 4286 17342
Ensembl ENSG00000187098 ENSMUSG00000035158
Uniprot O75030 Q3U2D2
Refseq NM_000248 (mRNA)
NP_000239 (protein)
NM_008601 (mRNA)
NP_032627 (protein)
Location Chr 3: 69.87 - 70.1 Mb Chr 6: 97.77 - 97.98 Mb
Pubmed search [1] [2]

Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor is a basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper transcription factor involved in melanocyte[1] and osteoclast development.[2]

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[edit] Clinical significance

It can be associated with Tietz syndrome[3] and Waardenburg syndrome type IIa.[4]

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  1. ^ Levy C, Khaled M, Fisher DE (2006). "MITF: master regulator of melanocyte development and melanoma oncogene". Trends Mol Med 12 (9): 406–14. doi:10.1016/j.molmed.2006.07.008. PMID 16899407. 
  2. ^ Hershey CL, Fisher DE (2004). "Mitf and Tfe3: members of a b-HLH-ZIP transcription factor family essential for osteoclast development and function". Bone 34 (4): 689–96. doi:10.1016/j.bone.2003.08.014. PMID 15050900. 
  3. ^ Smith SD, Kelley PM, Kenyon JB, Hoover D (2000). "Tietz syndrome (hypopigmentation/deafness) caused by mutation of MITF". J. Med. Genet. 37 (6): 446–8. doi:10.1136/jmg.37.6.446. PMID 10851256. 
  4. ^ Tachibana M, Kobayashi Y, Matsushima Y (2003). "Mouse models for four types of Waardenburg syndrome". Pigment Cell Res. 16 (5): 448–54. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00066.x. PMID 12950719. 

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