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TLX1

T-cell leukemia homeobox protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TLX1 gene, which was initially named HOX11. As a transcription factor, TLX1 is involved in regulating which genes are transcribed, and therefore which proteins are produced by cells. In particular, it appears to be necessary for embryonic spleen development, since mice without a functional copy of the gene are born without a spleen. Chromosomal translocations of this gene can cause abnormal activation, and lead to T-cell leukemia, which is where the first part of the name comes from, while homeobox refers to the family of transcription factors it belongs to.

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TLX1
Identifiers
AliasesTLX1, HOX11, TCL3, T-cell leukemia homeobox 1, T cell leukemia homeobox 1
External IDsOMIM: 186770; MGI: 98769; HomoloGene: 4031; GeneCards: TLX1; OMA:TLX1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001195517
NM_005521

NM_021901

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001182446
NP_005512

n/a

Location (UCSC)Chr 10: 101.13 – 101.14 MbChr 19: 45.14 – 45.15 Mb
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T-cell leukemia homeobox protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TLX1 gene, which was initially named HOX11.56789 As a transcription factor, TLX1 is involved in regulating which genes are transcribed, and therefore which proteins are produced by cells. In particular, it appears to be necessary for embryonic spleen development, since mice without a functional copy of the gene are born without a spleen. Chromosomal translocations of this gene can cause abnormal activation, and lead to T-cell leukemia, which is where the first part of the name comes from, while homeobox refers to the family of transcription factors it belongs to.10

Interactions

TLX1 has been shown to interact with PPP1CC,11 PPP2CB11 and PPP2CA.11

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000107807Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000025215Ensembl, 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. Hatano M, Roberts CW, Minden M, Crist WM, Korsmeyer SJ (Jul 1991). "Deregulation of a homeobox gene, HOX11, by the t(10;14) in T cell leukemia". Science. 253 (5015): 79–82. Bibcode:1991Sci...253...79H. doi:10.1126/science.1676542. PMID 1676542.
  6. McAlpine PJ, Shows TB (Jul 1990). "Nomenclature for human homeobox genes". Genomics. 7 (3): 460. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(90)90186-X. PMID 1973146.
  7. "Entrez Gene: TLX1 T-cell leukemia homeobox 1".
  8. Kennedy MA, Gonzalez-Sarmiento R, Kees UR, Lampert F, Dear N, Boehm T, Rabbitts TH (Oct 1991). "HOX11, a homeobox-containing T-cell oncogene on human chromosome 10q24". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 88 (20): 8900–4. Bibcode:1991PNAS...88.8900K. doi:10.1073/pnas.88.20.8900. PMC 52618. PMID 1681546.
  9. Dubé ID, Kamel-Reid S, Yuan CC, Lu M, Wu X, Corpus G, Raimondi SC, Crist WM, Carroll AJ, Minowada J (Dec 1991). "A novel human homeobox gene lies at the chromosome 10 breakpoint in lymphoid neoplasias with chromosomal translocation t(10;14)". Blood. 78 (11): 2996–3003. doi:10.1182/blood.V78.11.2996.2996. PMID 1683261.
  10. GeneCard for TLX1
  11. Kawabe T, Muslin AJ, Korsmeyer SJ (Jan 1997). "HOX11 interacts with protein phosphatases PP2A and PP1 and disrupts a G2/M cell-cycle checkpoint". Nature. 385 (6615): 454–8. Bibcode:1997Natur.385..454K. doi:10.1038/385454a0. PMID 9009195. S2CID 608633.
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