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myc protein family
Function:
- target genes include ornithine decarboxylase & cdc25A
- other candidate genes include eIF-2 alpha, eIF-4E, p53, carbamoyl-phosphate synthase (CAD) & alpha-prothymosin
Interactions
molecular events
Related
myc proto-oncogene
myc/max complex
Specific
b-myc proto-oncogene protein
c-myc proto-oncogene protein; transcription factor p64 (c-Myc, MYC)
L-myc proto-oncogene protein
N-myc proto-oncogene protein (MYCN, NMYC)
p55 v-myc oncoprotein
General
basic helix loop helix (bHLH) family transcription factor
phosphoprotein
Properties
COMPARTMENT: cell nucleus
MOTIF: basic helix-loop-helix {BHLH}
MOTIF: basic DNA-binding motif
helix-loop-helix
NAME: helix-loop-helix
FOR-BINDING-VIA: helix-loop-helix
FOR-BINDING-OF: DNA motif
FOR-BINDING-VIA: helix-loop-helix
leucine zipper
SITE: LZ
FOR-BINDING-VIA: leucine zipper
S/T phosphorylation site
transcriptional activation domain
MOTIF: binding site
FOR-BINDING-OF: general transcription factor II-I
Database Correlations
Kegg hsa/hsa04210
References
- Dwarki et al. EMBO J 9(1):225 1990
- Blackwood & Eisenman. Science 251:1211 1991
- Grandori & Eisenman. TIBS 22:177-81, 1997
Component-of
myc/max complex