Protein Name MAGE family member A1
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 4100
Gene Symbol

MAGEA1

UniProt P43355 (MAGA1_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 37
Total Number of Articles : 44
Description

MAGE family member A1

Gene Summary

This gene is a member of the MAGEA gene family. The members of this family encode proteins with 50 to 80% sequence identity to each other. The promoters and first exons of the MAGEA genes show considerable variability, suggesting that the existence of this gene family enables the same function to be expressed under different transcriptional controls. The MAGEA genes are clustered at chromosomal location Xq28. They have been implicated in some hereditary disorders, such as dyskeratosis congenita. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

synonyms
  • melanoma-associated antigen 1
  • MAGE-1 antigen
  • antigen MZ2-E
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Properties