SOX6

Template:PBB Transcription factor SOX-6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SOX6 gene.

Function

The SOX gene family encodes a group of transcription factors defined by the conserved high mobility group (HMG) DNA-binding domain. Unlike most transcription factors, SOX transcription factors bind to the minor groove of DNA, causing a 70- to 85-degree bend and introducing local conformational changes.[supplied by OMIM]

Interactions

SOX6 has been shown to interact with CTBP2 and CENPK.

It has also been demonstrated that SOX6 protein accumulates in the differentiating human erythrocytes, and then is able to downregulate its own transcription, by directly binding to an evolutionarily conserved consensus sequences located near SOX6 transcriptional start site.

Sox6 appears to have a crucial role in the transcriptional regulation of globin genes, and in directing the terminal differentiation of red blood cells.

See also

• SOX genes

Further reading

• Denny P, Swift S, Brand N, Dabhade N, Barton P, Ashworth A (Jun 1992). "A conserved family of genes related to the testis determining gene, SRY". Nucleic Acids Research. 20 (11): 2887. doi:10.1093/nar/20.11.2887. PMC 336939. PMID 1614875.
• Lefebvre V, Li P, de Crombrugghe B (Oct 1998). "A new long form of Sox5 (L-Sox5), Sox6 and Sox9 are coexpressed in chondrogenesis and cooperatively activate the type II collagen gene". The EMBO Journal. 17 (19): 5718–33. doi:10.1093/emboj/17.19.5718. PMC 1170900. PMID 9755172.
• Hagiwara N, Klewer SE, Samson RA, Erickson DT, Lyon MF, Brilliant MH (Apr 2000). "Sox6 is a candidate gene for p100H myopathy, heart block, and sudden neonatal death". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 97 (8): 4180–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.97.8.4180. PMC 18189. PMID 10760285.
• Yamashita A, Ito M, Takamatsu N, Shiba T (Sep 2000). "Characterization of Solt, a novel SoxLZ/Sox6 binding protein expressed in adult mouse testis". FEBS Letters. 481 (2): 147–51. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01987-6. PMID 10996314.
• Hartley JL, Temple GF, Brasch MA (Nov 2000). "DNA cloning using in vitro site-specific recombination". Genome Research. 10 (11): 1788–95. doi:10.1101/gr.143000. PMC 310948. PMID 11076863.
• Wiemann S, Weil B, Wellenreuther R, Gassenhuber J, Glassl S, Ansorge W, Böcher M, Blöcker H, Bauersachs S, Blum H, Lauber J, Düsterhöft A, Beyer A, Köhrer K, Strack N, Mewes HW, Ottenwälder B, Obermaier B, Tampe J, Heubner D, Wambutt R, Korn B, Klein M, Poustka A (Mar 2001). "Toward a catalog of human genes and proteins: sequencing and analysis of 500 novel complete protein coding human cDNAs". Genome Research. 11 (3): 422–35. doi:10.1101/gr.GR1547R. PMC 311072. PMID 11230166.
• Murakami A, Ishida S, Thurlow J, Revest JM, Dickson C (Aug 2001). "SOX6 binds CtBP2 to repress transcription from the Fgf-3 promoter". Nucleic Acids Research. 29 (16): 3347–55. doi:10.1093/nar/29.16.3347. PMC 55854. PMID 11504872.
• Cohen-Barak O, Yi Z, Hagiwara N, Monzen K, Komuro I, Brilliant MH (Oct 2003). "Sox6 regulation of cardiac myocyte development". Nucleic Acids Research. 31 (20): 5941–8. doi:10.1093/nar/gkg807. PMC 219484. PMID 14530442.
• Wiemann S, Arlt D, Huber W, Wellenreuther R, Schleeger S, Mehrle A, Bechtel S, Sauermann M, Korf U, Pepperkok R, Sültmann H, Poustka A (Oct 2004). "From ORFeome to biology: a functional genomics pipeline". Genome Research. 14 (10B): 2136–44. doi:10.1101/gr.2576704. PMC 528930. PMID 15489336.
• Ueda R, Yoshida K, Kawakami Y, Kawase T, Toda M (2005). "Expression of a transcriptional factor, SOX6, in human gliomas". Brain Tumor Pathology. 21 (1): 35–8. doi:10.1007/BF02482175. PMID 15696967.
• Ueda R, Yoshida K, Kawakami Y, Kawase T, Toda M (2005). "Immunohistochemical analysis of SOX6 expression in human brain tumors". Brain Tumor Pathology. 21 (3): 117–20. doi:10.1007/BF02482186. PMID 15696972.
• Mehrle A, Rosenfelder H, Schupp I, del Val C, Arlt D, Hahne F, Bechtel S, Simpson J, Hofmann O, Hide W, Glatting KH, Huber W, Pepperkok R, Poustka A, Wiemann S (Jan 2006). "The LIFEdb database in 2006". Nucleic Acids Research. 34 (Database issue): D415-8. doi:10.1093/nar/gkj139. PMC 1347501. PMID 16381901.
• Fernández-Lloris R, Osses N, Jaffray E, Shen LN, Vaughan OA, Girwood D, Bartrons R, Rosa JL, Hay RT, Ventura F (Feb 2006). "Repression of SOX6 transcriptional activity by SUMO modification". FEBS Letters. 580 (5): 1215–21. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2006.01.031. PMID 16442531.
• Ikeda T, Saito T, Ushita M, Yano F, Kan A, Itaka K, Moro T, Nakamura K, Kawaguchi H, Chung UI (Jun 2007). "Identification and characterization of the human SOX6 promoter". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 357 (2): 383–90. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.03.133. PMID 17433257.

External links

• SOX6+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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