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TRANSFAC FACTOR TABLE, Release 2017.2 - public - 2017-06-30, (C) QIAGEN


AC T08225 XX ID T08225 XX DT 08.09.2005 (created); ili. DT 09.01.2015 (updated); pro. CO Copyright (C), QIAGEN. XX FA MafA XX SY hMafA; MAFA; Pancreatic beta-cell specific transcriptional activator; RIPE3b1; Transcription factor mammalian MafA; v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homolog A (avian). XX OS human, Homo sapiens OC eukaryota; animalia; metazoa; chordata; vertebrata; tetrapoda; mammalia; eutheria; primates XX GE G021405 MAFA; HGNC: MAFA. XX CL C0008; bZIP; 1.1.3.1.2. XX SF shares S/P/T-rich acidic N-terminus with other large Maf proteins (c-Maf, MafB, NRL) [1]; SF suggested to bind (the RIPE3b element) as homodimer [1]; SF most of the posttranslational modification that alters the molecular size of the protein were concluded to affect the N-terminal 138 AA [1]; XX FF MafA, Pdx1, and Beta2 synergistically activate the insulin gene promoter in the hamster insulinoma-derived cell line In1024 [2]; XX MX M01139 V$LMAF_Q2. MX M01709 V$MAFA_Q4. MX M07325 V$MAFA_Q4_01. MX M03796 V$MAFA_Q5. XX BS R65660. BS R65673. BS R20765. XX DR TRANSPATH: MO000056423. DR UniProtKB: Q8NHW3; Q8NHW3_HUMAN. XX RN [1]; RE0035529. RX PUBMED: 12011435. RA Olbrot M., Rud J., Moss L. G., Sharma A. RT Identification of beta-cell-specific insulin gene transcription factor RIPE3b1 as mammalian MafA. RL Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:6737-6742 (2002). RN [2]; RE0048170. RX PUBMED: 15993959. RA Aramata S., Han S. I., Yasuda K., Kataoka K. RT Synergistic activation of the insulin gene promoter by the beta-cell enriched transcription factors MafA, Beta2, and Pdx1. RL Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1730:41-46 (2005). XX //