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Homo sapiens Gene: MAFA
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-38414.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol MAFA
Gene Name v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homolog A (avian)
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000182759
Encoded Proteins
IDBP-38416
v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homolog A (avian)
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary MAFA is a transcription factor that binds RIPE3b, a conserved enhancer element that regulates pancreatic beta cell-specific expression of the insulin gene (INS; MIM 176730) (Olbrot et al., 2002 [PubMed 12011435]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 8:143419182-143430406
Strand Reverse strand
Band q24.3
Transcripts
ENST00000333480 ENSP00000328364
ENST00000528185
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 7 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 1 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Experimentally validated
Total 7 [view]
Protein-Protein 7 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Predicted by orthology
Total 1 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0003677 DNA binding
GO:0003700 sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity
GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
GO:0043565 sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0046982 protein heterodimerization activity
Biological Process
GO:0006351 transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0006355 regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0007263 nitric oxide mediated signal transduction
GO:0009749 response to glucose
GO:0030073 insulin secretion
GO:0045893 positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0045944 positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
Cellular Component
GO:0005634 nucleus
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
ENSMUSG00000047591
View Gene Order
ENSBTAG00000026344
Not yet available
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
REACT_13819
Regulation of gene expression in beta cells pathway
REACT_111045
Developmental Biology pathway
REACT_13698
Regulation of beta-cell development pathway
KEGG
hsa04950
Maturity onset diabetes of the young pathway
hsa04930
Type II diabetes mellitus pathway
INOH
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt Q8NHW3
TrEMBL D4Q8H3
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 389692
UniGene Hs.521914 Hs.618989 Hs.632040
RefSeq NM_201589
HUGO HGNC:23145
OMIM 610303
CCDS CCDS34955
HPRD 14346
IMGT
EMBL AB086960 AB205138 AC105118 AY083269
GenPept AAL89527 BAC20389 BAJ04327
RNA Seq Atlas 389692

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Breuer et al., InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond - recent updates and continuing curation. Nucl. Acids Res. (2013) 41 (D1) 

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