Negative elongation factor A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WHSC2 gene.[5][6]

NELFA
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesNELFA, NELF-A, WHSC2, P/OKcl.15, negative elongation factor complex member A
External IDsOMIM: 606026; MGI: 1346098; HomoloGene: 68478; GeneCards: NELFA; OMA:NELFA - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005663

NM_011914

RefSeq (protein)

NP_005654

NP_036044

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 1.98 – 2.04 MbChr 5: 34.06 – 34.09 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Function

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This gene is expressed ubiquitously with higher levels in fetal than in adult tissues. It encodes a protein sharing 93% sequence identity with the mouse protein. Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a malformation syndrome associated with a hemizygous deletion of the distal short arm of chromosome 4. This gene is mapped to the 165 kb WHS critical region, and may play a role in the phenotype of the WHS or Pitt-Rogers-Danks syndrome. The encoded protein is found to be capable of reacting with HLA-A2-restricted and tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, suggesting a target for use in specific immunotherapy for a large number of cancer patients. This protein has also been shown to be a member of the NELF (negative elongation factor) protein complex that participates in the regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription elongation.[6] WHSC2 encodes the NELF-A subunit of the NELF complex.[7]

Interactions

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WHSC2 has been shown to interact with RDBP.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000185049Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000029111Ensembl, 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. ^ Wright TJ, Costa JL, Naranjo C, Francis-West P, Altherr MR (Jul 1999). "Comparative analysis of a novel gene from the Wolf-Hirschhorn/Pitt-Rogers-Danks syndrome critical region". Genomics. 59 (2): 203–12. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5871. PMID 10409432.
  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: WHSC2 Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome candidate 2".
  7. ^ a b Narita T, Yamaguchi Y, Yano K, Sugimoto S, Chanarat S, Wada T, Kim DK, Hasegawa J, Omori M, Inukai N, Endoh M, Yamada T, Handa H (Mar 2003). "Human transcription elongation factor NELF: identification of novel subunits and reconstitution of the functionally active complex". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 23 (6): 1863–73. doi:10.1128/MCB.23.6.1863-1873.2003. PMC 149481. PMID 12612062.

Further reading

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