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AEBP2

Adipocyte Enhancer-Binding Protein is a zinc finger protein that in humans is encoded by the evolutionarily well-conserved gene AEBP2. It was initially identified due to its binding capability to the promoter of the adipocyte P2 gene, and was therefore named Adipocyte Enhancer Binding Protein 2. AEBP2 is a potential targeting protein for the mammalian Polycomb Repression Complex 2 (PRC2).

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AEBP2
Identifiers
AliasesAEBP2, AE binding protein 2
External IDsOMIM: 617934; MGI: 1338038; HomoloGene: 40690; GeneCards: AEBP2; OMA:AEBP2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001114176
NM_001267043
NM_153207
NM_001363736

NM_001005605
NM_009637
NM_178803
NM_001309436
NM_001309437

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001107648
NP_001253972
NP_694939
NP_001350665

NP_001005605
NP_001296365
NP_001296366
NP_033767
NP_848918

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 19.4 – 19.72 MbChr 6: 140.57 – 140.62 Mb
PubMed search34
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Adipocyte Enhancer-Binding Protein is a zinc finger protein that in humans is encoded by the evolutionarily well-conserved gene AEBP2. It was initially identified due to its binding capability to the promoter5 of the adipocyte P2 gene, and was therefore named Adipocyte Enhancer Binding Protein 2. AEBP2 is a potential targeting protein for the mammalian Polycomb Repression Complex 2 (PRC2).6

Function

AEBP2 is a DNA-binding transcriptional repressor. It may interact with and stimulate the activity of the PRC2 complex.7

AEBP2 may regulate the migration and development of the neural crest cells through the PRC2-mediated epigenetic mechanism and is most likely a targeting protein for the mammalian PRC2 complex.8

Clinical significance

Diseases associated with AEBP2 include Waardenburg's syndrome, and Hirschsprung's disease.8

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000139154Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000030232Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Imhof, Axel; Kim, Hana; Bakshi, Arundhati; Kim, Joomyeong (2015). "Retrotransposon-Derived Promoter of Mammalian Aebp2". PLOS ONE. 10 (4) e0126966. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1026966K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126966. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4411029. PMID 25915901.
  6. Kim H, Kang K, Ekram MB, Roh TY, Kim J (2011). "Aebp2 as an epigenetic regulator for neural crest cells". PLOS ONE. 6 (9) e25174. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...625174K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025174. PMID 21949878.
  7. Cao R, Zhang Y (July 2004). "SUZ12 is required for both the histone methyltransferase activity and the silencing function of the EED-EZH2 complex". Mol. Cell. 15 (1): 57–67. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2004.06.020. PMID 15225548.
  8. Kim H, Kang K, Kim J (2009). "AEBP2 as a potential targeting protein for Polycomb Repression Complex PRC2". Nucleic Acids Res. 37 (9): 2940–50. doi:10.1093/nar/gkp149. PMC 2685092. PMID 19293275.
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