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Mafa Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
Mafa
v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene family, protein A (avian)
MGI:2673307


Nomenclature History
Synonyms RIPE3b1
Genetic Map
Chromosome 15
Syntenic
 
Mapping data( 2)
Sequence Map
Chr15:75577273-75578352 bp, - strand
(From NCBI annotation of NCBI Build 37)
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Mammalian
homology
human; rat    (Mammalian Orthology)
Protein SuperFamily: maf transforming protein
TreeFam: TF325689
Sequences
Representative Sequences Length Strain/Species Flank
genomic 378435 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 1080 C57BL/6J ± Kb
transcript NM_194350 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 1080 -
polypeptide Q8CF90 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 359 Not Applicable
For the selected sequences
All sequences(13)
Alleles
and
phenotypes
All alleles(1) : Targeted, other(1)
Homozygous mutant mice exhibit glucose intolerance and develop diabetes mellitus. Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion is severely impaired and mutant mice display pancreatic islet abnormalities as they age.
Associated Human Diseases (2)   Alleles Annotated to Human Diseases (1)  
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
All GO classifications(9)
Process positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, regulation of transcription...
Component nucleus
Function DNA binding, sequence-specific DNA binding...
External Resources: MouseFunc
Expression Literature Summary: (19 records)
Data Summary: Assays (2)    Results (8)    Tissues (6)    Images (3)
Theiler Stages: 19,21,23,26,28
  Assay Type Assays   Results
      RT-PCR 1   6
      Immunohistochemistry 1   2
cDNA source data(7)
External Resources: GEO 
Molecular
reagents
All nucleic(8) cDNA(7) Primer pair(1) Antibodies(1)
Microarray probesets(1)
Other database
links
Ensembl Gene Model ENSMUSG00000047591
DoTS DT.101309325, DT.40136011
UniGene 25089
DFCI TC1637964, TC1720001
NIA Mouse Gene Index U118621
Entrez Gene 378435
International Mouse Knockout Project Status Mafa
Protein
domains
InterPro ID Description
IPR004826 Maf transcription factor
IPR004827 Basic-leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor
IPR013592 Maf transcription factor, N-terminal
Graphical View of Protein Domain Structure
References
(Earliest) J:80902 Kataoka K et al., "MafA is a glucose-regulated and pancreatic beta-cell-specific transcriptional activator for the insulin gene." J Biol Chem 2002 Dec 20;277(51):49903-10
(Latest) J:153523 Shimohata H et al., "MafA-deficient and beta cell-specific MafK-overexpressing hybrid transgenic mice develop human-like severe diabetic nephropathy." Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009 Nov 13;389(2):235-40
All references(24)

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last database update
11/20/2009
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