MAZ (gene)

AliasesMAZ, PUR1, Pur-1, SAF-1, SAF-2, SAF-3, ZF87, ZNF801, Zif87, MYC associated zinc finger protein

External IDsOMIM: 600999; MGI: 1338823; HomoloGene: 106451; GeneCards: MAZ; OMA:MAZ - orthologs

Chr.Chromosome 16 (human)^[1]

End29,811,164 bp^[1]

MAZ
Identifiers
Aliases	MAZ, PUR1, Pur-1, SAF-1, SAF-2, SAF-3, ZF87, ZNF801, Zif87, MYC associated zinc finger protein
External IDs	OMIM: 600999; MGI: 1338823; HomoloGene: 106451; GeneCards: MAZ; OMA:MAZ - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 16 (human)[1] Band 16p11.2 Start 29,806,106 bp[1] End 29,811,164 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 7 (mouse)[2] Band 7|7 F3 Start 126,621,302 bp[2] End 126,626,209 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in ventricular zone ganglionic eminence right hemisphere of cerebellum mucosa of transverse colon stromal cell of endometrium granulocyte right frontal lobe tendon of biceps brachii left testis muscle layer of sigmoid colon Top expressed in ventricular zone yolk sac neural layer of retina superior frontal gyrus dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell genital tubercle muscle of thigh lip tail of embryo granulocyte More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function DNA binding protein binding RNA polymerase II core promoter sequence-specific DNA binding metal ion binding nucleic acid binding RNA binding RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific Cellular component nucleus Biological process termination of RNA polymerase II transcription transcription initiation from RNA polymerase II promoter regulation of transcription, DNA-templated transcription, DNA-templated regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II positive regulation of cell population proliferation positive regulation of gene expression positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling positive regulation of cell migration positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated positive regulation of protein kinase B signaling negative regulation of apoptotic signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 4150 17188 Ensembl ENSG00000103495 ENSMUSG00000030678 UniProt P56270 P56671 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001042539 NM_001276275 NM_001276276 NM_002383 NM_010772 NM_001372521 NM_001372522 NM_001372523 RefSeq (protein) NP_001036004 NP_001263204 NP_001263205 NP_002374 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 16: 29.81 – 29.81 Mb Chr 7: 126.62 – 126.63 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Myc-associated zinc finger protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAZ gene.^[5][6][7]