Scaffold attachment factor B, also known as SAFB, is a gene with homologs that have been studied in humans and mice.[5]

SAFB
Identifiers
AliasesSAFB, HAP, HET, SAF-B1, SAFB1, SAB-B1, SAF-B, scaffold attachment factor B
External IDsOMIM: 602895; MGI: 2146974; HomoloGene: 2229; GeneCards: SAFB; OMA:SAFB - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001163300
NM_001374619

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001156772
NP_001361548

Location (UCSC)Chr 19: 5.62 – 5.67 MbChr 17: 56.89 – 56.91 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Function

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This gene encodes a DNA-binding protein that has specificity for scaffold or matrix attachment region DNA elements (S/MAR DNA). This protein is thought to be involved in attaching the base of chromatin loops to the nuclear matrix but there are conflicting views as to whether this protein is a component of chromatin, the nuclear matrix, or both. Scaffold attachment factors are a subset of nuclear matrix proteins (NMP) with enriched binding to AT-rich S/MAR sequences. The SAF-B protein is thought to serve as a molecular base to assemble a 'transcriptosome complex' in the vicinity of actively transcribed genes. It is involved in the regulation of the heat shock protein 27 transcription and also can act as an estrogen receptor corepressor. This gene is a candidate gene for breast tumorigenesis.[5]

Interactions

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SAFB has been shown to interact with:

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000160633Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000071054Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: SAFB scaffold attachment factor B".
  6. ^ a b Townson SM, Kang K, Lee AV, Oesterreich S (June 2004). "Structure-function analysis of the estrogen receptor alpha corepressor scaffold attachment factor-B1: identification of a potent transcriptional repression domain". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (25): 26074–81. doi:10.1074/jbc.M313726200. PMID 15066997.
  7. ^ Oesterreich S, Zhang Q, Hopp T, Fuqua SA, Michaelis M, Zhao HH, Davie JR, Osborne CK, Lee AV (March 2000). "Tamoxifen-bound estrogen receptor (ER) strongly interacts with the nuclear matrix protein HET/SAF-B, a novel inhibitor of ER-mediated transactivation". Mol. Endocrinol. 14 (3): 369–81. doi:10.1210/mend.14.3.0432. PMID 10707955.
  8. ^ Arao Y, Kuriyama R, Kayama F, Kato S (August 2000). "A nuclear matrix-associated factor, SAF-B, interacts with specific isoforms of AUF1/hnRNP D". Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 380 (2): 228–36. doi:10.1006/abbi.2000.1938. PMID 10933876.
  9. ^ Townson SM, Dobrzycka KM, Lee AV, Air M, Deng W, Kang K, Jiang S, Kioka N, Michaelis K, Oesterreich S (May 2003). "SAFB2, a new scaffold attachment factor homolog and estrogen receptor corepressor". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (22): 20059–68. doi:10.1074/jbc.M212988200. PMID 12660241.

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