MAGEA1

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MAGEA1
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Available structures
PDB Human UniProt search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases MAGEA1 , CT1.1, MAGE1, MAGE family member A1
External IDs OMIM: 300016; HomoloGene: 88717; GeneCards: MAGEA1; OMA:MAGEA1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_004988

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_004979

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Location (UCSC) Chr X: 153.18 – 153.18 Mb n/a
PubMed search [2] n/a
Wikidata
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Melanoma-associated antigen 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAGEA1 gene. [3]

Contents

This gene is a member of the MAGEA gene family. The members of this family encode proteins with 50 to 80% sequence identity to each other. The promoters and first exons of the MAGEA genes show considerable variability, suggesting that the existence of this gene family enables the same function to be expressed under different transcriptional controls. The MAGEA genes are clustered at chromosomal location Xq28. They have been implicated in some hereditary disorders, such as dyskeratosis congenita. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000198681 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. van der Bruggen P, Traversari C, Chomez P, Lurquin C, De Plaen E, Van den Eynde B, Knuth A, Boon T (Jan 1992). "A gene encoding an antigen recognized by cytolytic T lymphocytes on a human melanoma". Science. 254 (5038): 1643–7. doi:10.1126/science.1840703. PMID   1840703.
  4. "Entrez Gene: MAGEA1 melanoma antigen family A, 1 (directs expression of antigen MZ2-E)".

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