MAFA (gene)

V-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homolog A (avian)
Identifiers
Symbols	MAFA; RIPE3b1; hMafA
External IDs	OMIM: 610303 MGI: 2673307 HomoloGene: 65867 GeneCards: MAFA Gene
Gene Ontology Molecular function • DNA binding • sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity • protein homodimerization activity • sequence-specific DNA binding • protein heterodimerization activity Cellular component • nucleus Biological process • transcription, DNA-dependent • regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent • nitric oxide mediated signal transduction • response to glucose stimulus • insulin secretion • positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	389692	378435
Ensembl	ENSG00000182759	ENSMUSG00000047591
UniProt	Q8NHW3	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_201589.3	NM_194350.1
RefSeq (protein)	NP_963883.2	NP_919331.1
Location (UCSC)	Chr 8: 144.5 – 144.51 Mb	Chr 15: 75.58 – 75.58 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Transcription factor MafA is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAFA gene.

Interactions

MAFA (gene) has been shown to interact with NEUROD1 and Pdx1.

Further reading

• Benkhelifa S, Provot S, Nabais E, et al. (2001). "Phosphorylation of MafA is essential for its transcriptional and biological properties.". Mol. Cell. Biol. 21 (14): 4441–52. doi:10.1128/MCB.21.14.4441-4452.2001. PMC 87104. PMID 11416124. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=87104. 
• Olbrot M, Rud J, Moss LG, Sharma A (2002). "Identification of beta-cell-specific insulin gene transcription factor RIPE3b1 as mammalian MafA.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (10): 6737–42. doi:10.1073/pnas.102168499. PMC 124472. PMID 12011435. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=124472. 
• Kataoka K, Han SI, Shioda S, et al. (2003). "MafA is a glucose-regulated and pancreatic beta-cell-specific transcriptional activator for the insulin gene.". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (51): 49903–10. doi:10.1074/jbc.M206796200. PMID 12368292. 
• Matsuoka TA, Artner I, Henderson E, et al. (2004). "The MafA transcription factor appears to be responsible for tissue-specific expression of insulin.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (9): 2930–3. doi:10.1073/pnas.0306233101. PMC 365722. PMID 14973194. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=365722. 
• Kaneto H, Matsuoka TA, Nakatani Y, et al. (2005). "A crucial role of MafA as a novel therapeutic target for diabetes.". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (15): 15047–52. doi:10.1074/jbc.M412013200. PMID 15664997. 
• Harmon JS, Stein R, Robertson RP (2005). "Oxidative stress-mediated, post-translational loss of MafA protein as a contributing mechanism to loss of insulin gene expression in glucotoxic beta cells.". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (12): 11107–13. doi:10.1074/jbc.M410345200. PMID 15664999. 
• Zhao L, Guo M, Matsuoka TA, et al. (2005). "The islet beta cell-enriched MafA activator is a key regulator of insulin gene transcription.". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (12): 11887–94. doi:10.1074/jbc.M409475200. PMID 15665000. 
• Aramata S, Han SI, Yasuda K, Kataoka K (2005). "Synergistic activation of the insulin gene promoter by the beta-cell enriched transcription factors MafA, Beta2, and Pdx1.". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1730 (1): 41–6. doi:10.1016/j.bbaexp.2005.05.009. PMID 15993959. 
• Raum JC, Gerrish K, Artner I, et al. (2006). "FoxA2, Nkx2.2, and PDX-1 regulate islet beta-cell-specific mafA expression through conserved sequences located between base pairs -8118 and -7750 upstream from the transcription start site.". Mol. Cell. Biol. 26 (15): 5735–43. doi:10.1128/MCB.00249-06. PMC 1592775. PMID 16847327. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1592775.