AFF1

AFF1

AFF1

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


AF4/FMR2 family member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AFF1 gene.[5][6][7][8] At its same location was a record for a separate PBM1 gene, which has since been withdrawn and considered an alias. It was previously known as AF4 (ALL1-fused gene from chromosome 4).[8]

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The gene is a member of the AF4/FMR2 (AFF) family, a group of nuclear transcriptional activators which encourage RNA elongation. It is a component of the super elongation complex.[9] It is recognized as a proto-oncogene: chromosomal translocations associated with leukemia can fuse this gene with others like KMT2A, producing an uncontrolled activator protein.[5]


References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Domer PH, Fakharzadeh SS, Chen CS, Jockel J, Johansen L, Silverman GA, Kersey JH, Korsmeyer SJ (August 1993). "Acute mixed-lineage leukemia t(4;11)(q21;q23) generates an MLL-AF4 fusion product". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 90 (16): 7884–8. Bibcode:1993PNAS...90.7884D. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.16.7884. PMC 47247. PMID 7689231.
  4. Gu Y, Nakamura T, Alder H, Prasad R, Canaani O, Cimino G, Croce CM, Canaani E (November 1992). "The t(4;11) chromosome translocation of human acute leukemias fuses the ALL-1 gene, related to Drosophila trithorax, to the AF-4 gene". Cell. 71 (4): 701–8. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(92)90603-A. PMID 1423625. S2CID 6257922.
  5. Chen CS, Hilden JM, Frestedt J, Domer PH, Moore R, Korsmeyer SJ, Kersey JH (August 1993). "The chromosome 4q21 gene (AF-4/FEL) is widely expressed in normal tissues and shows breakpoint diversity in t(4;11)(q21;q23) acute leukemia". Blood. 82 (4): 1080–5. doi:10.1182/blood.V82.4.1080.bloodjournal8241080 (inactive 31 January 2024). PMID 8353274.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  6. Melko M, Douguet D, Bensaid M, Zongaro S, Verheggen C, Gecz J, Bardoni B (May 2011). "Functional characterization of the AFF (AF4/FMR2) family of RNA-binding proteins: insights into the molecular pathology of FRAXE intellectual disability". Human Molecular Genetics. 20 (10): 1873–85. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddr069. PMID 21330300.

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