Homo sapiens Gene: MX1
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-3941.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol MX1
Gene Name myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 1, interferon-inducible protein p78 (mouse)
Synonyms IFI-78K; IFI78; MX; MxA
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000157601
Encoded Proteins
myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 1, interferon-inducible protein p78 (mouse)
myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 1, interferon-inducible protein p78 (mouse)
myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 1, interferon-inducible protein p78 (mouse)
myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 1, interferon-inducible protein p78 (mouse)
myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 1, interferon-inducible protein p78 (mouse)
myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 1, interferon-inducible protein p78 (mouse)
myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 1, interferon-inducible protein p78 (mouse)
myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 1, interferon-inducible protein p78 (mouse)
myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 1, interferon-inducible protein p78 (mouse)
myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 1, interferon-inducible protein p78 (mouse)
MX dynamin-like GTPase 1
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
InnateDB Annotation
Summary
MX1 is an interferon-induced member of the dynamin superfamily of large GTPases, which inhibit a wide range of viruses by blocking an early stage of the replication cycle.
MX1 GTPase is a key mediator of cell-autonomous innate immunity against a broad range of viruses such as influenza and bunyaviruses.
MX1 expression is upregulated by alpha-defensins in gigival epithelial cell.
Antiviral specificity of MX1 against orthomyxoviruses (influenza A and Thogoto viruses) is determined by a few critical amino acids in the disordered loop L4 of MX1.
NRAV, a long noncoding RNA, modulates antiviral responses by negatively regulating the initial transcription of multiple critical interferon-stimulated genes, including IFITM3 and MX1, by affecting their histone modification.
MX1 prevents influenza A virus (IAV) replication by disassembling into dimers and binding to IAV nucleoprotein synthesized following primary transcription.
Entrez Gene
Summary In mouse, the interferon-inducible Mx protein is responsible for a specific antiviral state against influenza virus infection. The protein encoded by this gene is similar to the mouse protein as determined by its antigenic relatedness, induction conditions, physicochemical properties, and amino acid analysis. This cytoplasmic protein is a member of both the dynamin family and the family of large GTPases. Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2009]
This gene encodes a guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-metabolizing protein that participates in the cellular antiviral response. The encoded protein is induced by type I and type II interferons and antagonizes the replication process of several different RNA and DNA viruses. There is a related gene located adjacent to this gene on chromosome 21, and there are multiple pseudogenes located in a cluster on chromosome 4. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 21:41420304-41459214
Strand Forward strand
Band q22.3
Transcripts
ENST00000288383 ENSP00000288383
ENST00000398600 ENSP00000381601
ENST00000398598 ENSP00000381599
ENST00000413778 ENSP00000408498
ENST00000419044 ENSP00000392151
ENST00000424365 ENSP00000400923
ENST00000417963 ENSP00000402215
ENST00000441677 ENSP00000393931
ENST00000427464 ENSP00000410989
ENST00000455164 ENSP00000410523
ENST00000490220
ENST00000468506
ENST00000484465
ENST00000478268
ENST00000467510
ENST00000486275
ENST00000491110
ENST00000619682 ENSP00000478441
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 20 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 2 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Experimentally validated
Total 20 [view]
Protein-Protein 19 [view]
Protein-DNA 1 [view]
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Predicted by orthology
Total 2 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0003924 GTPase activity
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0005525 GTP binding
Biological Process
GO:0006184 GTP catabolic process
GO:0006915 apoptotic process
GO:0006952 defense response
GO:0007165 signal transduction
GO:0009615 response to virus
GO:0019221 cytokine-mediated signaling pathway
GO:0034340 response to type I interferon
GO:0045071 negative regulation of viral genome replication
GO:0045087 innate immune response (InnateDB)
GO:0051607 defense response to virus
GO:0060337 type I interferon signaling pathway
Cellular Component
GO:0005634 nucleus
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
GO:0005829 cytosol
GO:0048471 perinuclear region of cytoplasm
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Not yet available
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
Interferon alpha/beta signaling pathway
ISG15 antiviral mechanism pathway
Antiviral mechanism by IFN-stimulated genes pathway
Cytokine Signaling in Immune system pathway
Interferon Signaling pathway
Immune System pathway
KEGG
INOH
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Hs.517307 Hs.679475
RefSeq NM_001144925 NM_001178046 NM_001282920 NM_002462 XM_005260978 XM_005260980 XM_005260981 XM_005260982 XM_006724005
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS CCDS13673 CCDS74796
HPRD 00919
IMGT
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas