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MED31

Mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 31 is a protein in humans encoded by the MED31 gene. It represents subunit Med31 of the Mediator complex. The family contains the Saccharomyces cerevisiae SOH1 homologues. SOH1 is responsible for the repression of temperature sensitive growth of the HPR1 mutant and has been found to be a component of the RNA polymerase II transcription complex. SOH1 not only interacts with factors involved in DNA repair, but transcription as well. Thus, the SOH1 protein may serve to couple these two processes.

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MED31
Identifiers
AliasesMED31, 3110004H13Rik, Soh1, CGI-125, mediator complex subunit 31
External IDsMGI: 1914529; HomoloGene: 9368; GeneCards: MED31; OMA:MED31 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_016060

NM_026068

RefSeq (protein)

NP_057144

NP_080344

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 6.64 – 6.65 MbChr 11: 72.1 – 72.11 Mb
PubMed search34
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Med31
Identifiers
SymbolMed31
PfamPF05669
InterProIPR008831
Available protein structures:
PDB  IPR008831 PF05669 (ECOD; PDBsum)  
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Mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 31 is a protein in humans encoded by the MED31 gene.56 It represents subunit Med31 of the Mediator complex. The family contains the Saccharomyces cerevisiae SOH1 homologues. SOH1 is responsible for the repression of temperature sensitive growth of the HPR1 mutant7 and has been found to be a component of the RNA polymerase II transcription complex. SOH1 not only interacts with factors involved in DNA repair, but transcription as well. Thus, the SOH1 protein may serve to couple these two processes.8

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR008831