ELF5

E74-like factor 5 (ets domain transcription factor), is a gene found in both mice and humans. In humans it is also called ESE2.

ELF5
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 1WWX
Identifiers
Aliases	ELF5, ESE2, E74 like ETS transcription factor 5
External IDs	OMIM: 605169; MGI: 1335079; HomoloGene: 7702; GeneCards: ELF5; OMA:ELF5 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human) Band 11p13 Start 34,478,791 bp End 34,525,193 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 2 (mouse) Band 2|2 E2 Start 103,242,033 bp End 103,281,334 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in parotid gland amniotic fluid seminal vesicula epithelium of lactiferous gland lactiferous duct minor salivary glands olfactory zone of nasal mucosa mucosa of paranasal sinus buccal mucosa cell palpebral conjunctiva Top expressed in seminal vesicula parotid gland lactiferous gland olfactory epithelium left lung lobe submandibular gland lacrimal gland medullary collecting duct esophagus lip More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific DNA binding DNA-binding transcription factor activity sequence-specific DNA binding RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific Cellular component cytoplasm nucleus Biological process regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II ectodermal cell fate commitment negative regulation of cell differentiation cell differentiation ectoderm development cell population proliferation regulation of transcription, DNA-templated somatic stem cell population maintenance transcription, DNA-templated positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II mammary gland epithelial cell differentiation transcription by RNA polymerase II Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 2001 13711 Ensembl ENSG00000135374 ENSMUSG00000027186 UniProt Q9UKW6 Q8VDK3 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_198381 NM_001243080 NM_001243081 NM_001422 NM_001145813 NM_010125 RefSeq (protein) NP_001230009 NP_001230010 NP_001413 NP_938195 NP_001139285 NP_034255 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 34.48 – 34.53 Mb Chr 2: 103.24 – 103.28 Mb PubMed search
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Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of an epithelium-specific subclass of the ETS transcription factor family. In addition to its role in regulating the later stages of terminal differentiation of keratinocytes, it appears to regulate a number of epithelium-specific genes found in tissues containing glandular epithelium such as salivary gland and prostate. It has very low affinity to DNA due to its negative regulatory domain at the amino terminus. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene.

Relevance to Disease

A role in breast or prostate cancer is known. There are preliminary reports that the C allele genetic variant of rs61882275 near chromosome location 11.13 with variable incidence in human populations is associated with severe COVID-19. Further investigation by others suggested the association was caused by a tissue-specific effect on ELF5 expression in lung endothelium by this allele which results in a more than 4-fold higher risk of severe COVID-19 in those with SARS-CoV2 infection.

Further reading

• Sharrocks AD, Brown AL, Ling Y, Yates PR (Dec 1997). "The ETS-domain transcription factor family". The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 29 (12): 1371–87. doi:10.1016/S1357-2725(97)00086-1. PMID 9570133.
• Zhou J, Ng AY, Tymms MJ, Jermiin LS, Seth AK, Thomas RS, Kola I (Nov 1998). "A novel transcription factor, ELF5, belongs to the ELF subfamily of ETS genes and maps to human chromosome 11p13-15, a region subject to LOH and rearrangement in human carcinoma cell lines". Oncogene. 17 (21): 2719–32. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1202198. PMID 9840936.
• Oettgen P, Kas K, Dube A, Gu X, Grall F, Thamrongsak U, Akbarali Y, Finger E, Boltax J, Endress G, Munger K, Kunsch C, Libermann TA (Oct 1999). "Characterization of ESE-2, a novel ESE-1-related Ets transcription factor that is restricted to glandular epithelium and differentiated keratinocytes". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (41): 29439–52. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.41.29439. PMID 10506207.
• Lapinskas EJ, Palmer J, Ricardo S, Hertzog PJ, Hammacher A, Pritchard MA (Dec 2004). "A major site of expression of the ets transcription factor Elf5 is epithelia of exocrine glands". Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 122 (6): 521–6. doi:10.1007/s00418-004-0713-x. PMID 15655699. S2CID 28936823.
• Yaniw D, Hu J (Jun 2005). "Epithelium-specific ets transcription factor 2 upregulates cytokeratin 18 expression in pulmonary epithelial cells through an interaction with cytokeratin 18 intron 1". Cell Research. 15 (6): 423–9. doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7290310. PMC 4494830. PMID 15987600.
• Tummala R, Sinha S (Mar 2006). "Differentiation-specific transcriptional regulation of the ESE-2 gene by a novel keratinocyte-restricted factor". Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 97 (4): 766–81. doi:10.1002/jcb.20685. PMID 16229011. S2CID 46125527.
• Choi YS, Sinha S (Sep 2006). "Determination of the consensus DNA-binding sequence and a transcriptional activation domain for ESE-2". The Biochemical Journal. 398 (3): 497–507. doi:10.1042/BJ20060375. PMC 1559455. PMID 16704374.
• Lim J, Hao T, Shaw C, Patel AJ, Szabó G, Rual JF, Fisk CJ, Li N, Smolyar A, Hill DE, Barabási AL, Vidal M, Zoghbi HY (May 2006). "A protein-protein interaction network for human inherited ataxias and disorders of Purkinje cell degeneration". Cell. 125 (4): 801–14. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.03.032. PMID 16713569. S2CID 13709685.

External links

• ELF5+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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