HLF (gene)

Hepatic leukemia factor
Identifiers
Symbols HLF ; MGC33822
External IDs OMIM: 142385 MGI: 96108 HomoloGene: 31074 GeneCards: HLF Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 3131 217082
Ensembl ENSG00000108924 ENSMUSG00000003949
UniProt Q16534 Q8BW74
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_002126 NM_172563
RefSeq (protein) NP_002117 NP_766151
Location (UCSC) Chr 17:
55.27 – 55.33 Mb
Chr 11:
90.34 – 90.39 Mb
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Hepatic leukemia factor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HLF gene.[1][2]

This monster gene encodes a member of the proline and acidic-rich (PAR) protein family, a subset of the bZIP transcription factors. The encoded protein forms homodimers or heterodimers with other PAR family members and binds sequence-specific promoter elements to activate transcription. Chromosomal translocations fusing portions of this gene with the E2A gene cause a subset of childhood B-lineage acute lymphoid leukemias. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described, but their biological validity has not been determined.[2]

References

  1. Inaba T, Roberts WM, Shapiro LH, Jolly KW, Raimondi SC, Smith SD, Look AT (Aug 1992). "Fusion of the leucine zipper gene HLF to the E2A gene in human acute B-lineage leukemia". Science 257 (5069): 531–4. doi:10.1126/science.1386162. PMID 1386162.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: HLF hepatic leukemia factor".

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