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GeneQ18052988· pop 5· linked from 11 articles

Also known as BOPS, MDS, additional sex combs like 1, transcriptional regulator, ASXL transcriptional regulator 1

Putative Polycomb group protein ASXL1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ASXL1 gene.

Gene data

ASXL1
Name
ASXL transcriptional regulator 1
Type
protein-coding
Position
32,358,266–32,439,319 (+)
Aliases
BOPS, MDS
RefSeq RNA
NM_001164603.1, NM_001363734.1, NM_015338.6, XM_006723727.4, XM_006723728.4
RefSeq protein
NP_001158075.1, NP_001350663.1, NP_056153.2, XP_006723790.1, XP_006723791.1

This gene is similar to the Drosophila additional sex combs gene, which encodes a chromatin-binding protein required for normal determination of segment identity in the developing embryo. The protein is a member of the Polycomb group of proteins, which are necessary for the maintenance of stable repression of homeotic and other loci. The protein is thought to disrupt chromatin in localized areas, enhancing transcription of certain genes while repressing the transcription of other genes. The protein encoded by this gene functions as a ligand-dependent co-activator for retinoic acid receptor in cooperation with nuclear receptor coactivator 1. Mutations in this gene are associated with myelodysplastic syndromes and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009].

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ASXL transcriptional regulator 1

Symbol
ASXL1
Biotype
Protein coding
Organism
Homo sapiens
Location
20:32,358,266-32,439,319
Strand
Forward (+)
Assembly
GRCh38
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
gene
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HomoloGene ID
9098
found in taxon
Homo sapiens
genomic end
31027122
genomic start
32358330
cytogenetic location
20q11.21
genetic association
acute myeloid leukemia
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Putative Polycomb group protein ASXL1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ASXL1 gene.

In Drosophila, the Additional sex combs (Asx) gene encodes a chromatin-binding protein required for normal determination of segment identity in the developing embryo. The protein is a member of the Polycomb group of proteins, which are necessary for the maintenance of stable repression of homeotic and other loci. The protein is thought to disrupt chromatin in localized areas, enhancing transcription of certain genes while repressing the transcription of other genes. The protein encoded by this gene functions as a ligand-dependent co-activator for retinoic acid receptor in cooperation with nuclear receptor coactivator 1. Mutations in this gene are associated with myelodysplastic syndromes and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

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