MAD protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MXD1 gene. [5] [6]
MAD-MAX dimerization protein belongs to a subfamily of MAX-interacting proteins. This protein competes with MYC for binding to MAX to form a sequence-specific DNA-binding complex, acts as a transcriptional repressor (while MYC appears to function as an activator) and is a candidate tumor suppressor. [6]
MXD1 has been shown to interact with Histone deacetylase 2, [7] [8] SMC3, [9] MLX, [10] [11] SIN3A [12] [13] [14] and MAX. [9] [15] [16] [17]