SOX6

SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 6
PDB rendering based on 1i11.
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB List of PDB id codes 1i11​
Identifiers
Symbols	SOX6 ; HSSOX6; SOXD
External IDs	OMIM: 607257 MGI: 98368 HomoloGene: 22631 GeneCards: SOX6 Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • DNA binding • transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding • protein binding • sequence-specific DNA binding • transcription regulatory region DNA binding • protein heterodimerization activity Cellular component • nucleus • nucleoplasm Biological process • negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter • cell morphogenesis • in utero embryonic development • transcription, DNA-templated • regulation of transcription, DNA-templated • muscle organ development • post-embryonic development • gene silencing • oligodendrocyte cell fate specification • positive regulation of chondrocyte differentiation • positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter • erythrocyte development • cartilage development • cardiac muscle cell differentiation • positive regulation of cartilage development • cellular response to transforming growth factor beta stimulus • positive regulation of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	55553	20679
Ensembl	ENSG00000110693	ENSMUSG00000051910
UniProt	P35712	P40645
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001145811	NM_001025559
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001139283	NP_001020730
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 15.97 – 16.74 Mb	Chr 7: 115.47 – 116.04 Mb
PubMed search

Transcription factor SOX-6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SOX6 gene.^[1][2]

Function

The SOX gene family encodes a group of transcription factors defined by the conserved high mobility group (HMG) DNA-binding domain. Unlike most transcription factors, SOX transcription factors bind to the minor groove of DNA, causing a 70- to 85-degree bend and introducing local conformational changes.[supplied by OMIM]^[2]

Interactions

SOX6 has been shown to interact with CTBP2^[3] and CENPK.^[4]

It has also been demonstrated that SOX6 protein accumulates in the differentiating human erythrocytes, and then is able to downregulate its own transcription, by directly binding to an evolutionarily conserved consensus sequences located near SOX6 transcriptional start site.^[5]

Sox6 appears to have a crucial role in the transcriptional regulation of globin genes, and in directing the terminal differentiation of red blood cells.^[6]

See also

• SOX genes

References

1. Cohen-Barak O, Hagiwara N, Arlt MF, Horton JP, Brilliant MH (Mar 2001). "Cloning, characterization and chromosome mapping of the human SOX6 gene". Gene 265 (1-2): 157–64. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00346-8. PMID 11255018.
2. "Entrez Gene: SOX6 SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 6".
3. Murakami A, Ishida S, Thurlow J, Revest JM, Dickson C (Aug 2001). "SOX6 binds CtBP2 to repress transcription from the Fgf-3 promoter". Nucleic Acids Research 29 (16): 3347–55. doi:10.1093/nar/29.16.3347. PMC 55854. PMID 11504872.
4. Yamashita A, Ito M, Takamatsu N, Shiba T (Sep 2000). "Characterization of Solt, a novel SoxLZ/Sox6 binding protein expressed in adult mouse testis". FEBS Letters 481 (2): 147–51. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01987-6. PMID 10996314.
5. Cantu' C, Grande V, Alborelli I, Cassinelli L, Cantu' I, Colzani MT, Ierardi R, Ronzoni L, Cappellini MD, Ferrari G, Ottolenghi S, Ronchi A (Jan 2011). "A highly conserved SOX6 double binding site mediates SOX6 gene downregulation in erythroid cells". Nucleic Acids Research 39 (2): 486–501. doi:10.1093/nar/gkq819. PMC 3025548. PMID 20852263.
6. Cantù C, Ierardi R, Alborelli I, Fugazza C, Cassinelli L, Piconese S, Bosè F, Ottolenghi S, Ferrari G, Ronchi A (Mar 2011). "Sox6 enhances erythroid differentiation in human erythroid progenitors". Blood 117 (13): 3669–79. doi:10.1182/blood-2010-04-282350. PMID 21263153.

Further reading

• Denny P, Swift S, Brand N, Dabhade N, Barton P, Ashworth A (Jun 1992). "A conserved family of genes related to the testis determining gene, SRY". Nucleic Acids Research 20 (11): 2887. doi:10.1093/nar/20.11.2887. PMC 336939. PMID 1614875.
• Lefebvre V, Li P, de Crombrugghe B (Oct 1998). "A new long form of Sox5 (L-Sox5), Sox6 and Sox9 are coexpressed in chondrogenesis and cooperatively activate the type II collagen gene". The EMBO Journal 17 (19): 5718–33. doi:10.1093/emboj/17.19.5718. PMC 1170900. PMID 9755172.
• Hagiwara N, Klewer SE, Samson RA, Erickson DT, Lyon MF, Brilliant MH (Apr 2000). "Sox6 is a candidate gene for p100H myopathy, heart block, and sudden neonatal death". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97 (8): 4180–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.97.8.4180. PMC 18189. PMID 10760285.
• Yamashita A, Ito M, Takamatsu N, Shiba T (Sep 2000). "Characterization of Solt, a novel SoxLZ/Sox6 binding protein expressed in adult mouse testis". FEBS Letters 481 (2): 147–51. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01987-6. PMID 10996314.
• Hartley JL, Temple GF, Brasch MA (Nov 2000). "DNA cloning using in vitro site-specific recombination". Genome Research 10 (11): 1788–95. doi:10.1101/gr.143000. PMC 310948. PMID 11076863.
• Wiemann S, Weil B, Wellenreuther R, Gassenhuber J, Glassl S, Ansorge W, Böcher M, Blöcker H, Bauersachs S, Blum H, Lauber J, Düsterhöft A, Beyer A, Köhrer K, Strack N, Mewes HW, Ottenwälder B, Obermaier B, Tampe J, Heubner D, Wambutt R, Korn B, Klein M, Poustka A (Mar 2001). "Toward a catalog of human genes and proteins: sequencing and analysis of 500 novel complete protein coding human cDNAs". Genome Research 11 (3): 422–35. doi:10.1101/gr.GR1547R. PMC 311072. PMID 11230166.
• Murakami A, Ishida S, Thurlow J, Revest JM, Dickson C (Aug 2001). "SOX6 binds CtBP2 to repress transcription from the Fgf-3 promoter". Nucleic Acids Research 29 (16): 3347–55. doi:10.1093/nar/29.16.3347. PMC 55854. PMID 11504872.
• Cohen-Barak O, Yi Z, Hagiwara N, Monzen K, Komuro I, Brilliant MH (Oct 2003). "Sox6 regulation of cardiac myocyte development". Nucleic Acids Research 31 (20): 5941–8. doi:10.1093/nar/gkg807. PMC 219484. PMID 14530442.
• Wiemann S, Arlt D, Huber W, Wellenreuther R, Schleeger S, Mehrle A, Bechtel S, Sauermann M, Korf U, Pepperkok R, Sültmann H, Poustka A (Oct 2004). "From ORFeome to biology: a functional genomics pipeline". Genome Research 14 (10B): 2136–44. doi:10.1101/gr.2576704. PMC 528930. PMID 15489336.
• Ueda R, Yoshida K, Kawakami Y, Kawase T, Toda M (2005). "Expression of a transcriptional factor, SOX6, in human gliomas". Brain Tumor Pathology 21 (1): 35–8. doi:10.1007/BF02482175. PMID 15696967.
• Ueda R, Yoshida K, Kawakami Y, Kawase T, Toda M (2005). "Immunohistochemical analysis of SOX6 expression in human brain tumors". Brain Tumor Pathology 21 (3): 117–20. doi:10.1007/BF02482186. PMID 15696972.
• Mehrle A, Rosenfelder H, Schupp I, del Val C, Arlt D, Hahne F, Bechtel S, Simpson J, Hofmann O, Hide W, Glatting KH, Huber W, Pepperkok R, Poustka A, Wiemann S (Jan 2006). "The LIFEdb database in 2006". Nucleic Acids Research 34 (Database issue): D415–8. doi:10.1093/nar/gkj139. PMC 1347501. PMID 16381901.
• Fernández-Lloris R, Osses N, Jaffray E, Shen LN, Vaughan OA, Girwood D, Bartrons R, Rosa JL, Hay RT, Ventura F (Feb 2006). "Repression of SOX6 transcriptional activity by SUMO modification". FEBS Letters 580 (5): 1215–21. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2006.01.031. PMID 16442531.
• Ikeda T, Saito T, Ushita M, Yano F, Kan A, Itaka K, Moro T, Nakamura K, Kawaguchi H, Chung UI (Jun 2007). "Identification and characterization of the human SOX6 promoter". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 357 (2): 383–90. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.03.133. PMID 17433257.

External links

• SOX6 protein, human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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