MED8

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Mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 8 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MED8 gene.

Function

This gene encodes a protein that is one of more than 20 subunits of the mediator complex, first identified in S. cerevisiae, that is required for activation of transcription. The product of this gene also interacts with elongins B and C, and CUL2 and RBX1, to reconstitute a ubiquitin ligase. Five alternative transcripts encoding four isoforms have been described.

Interactions

MED8 has been shown to interact with MED26.

Further reading

• Näär AM, Beaurang PA, Zhou S, Abraham S, Solomon W, Tjian R (1999). "Composite co-activator ARC mediates chromatin-directed transcriptional activation". Nature. 398 (6730): 828–32. doi:10.1038/19789. PMID 10235267.
• Xu XR, Huang J, Xu ZG, Qian BZ, Zhu ZD, Yan Q, Cai T, Zhang X, Xiao HS, Qu J, Liu F, Huang QH, Cheng ZH, Li NG, Du JJ, Hu W, Shen KT, Lu G, Fu G, Zhong M, Xu SH, Gu WY, Huang W, Zhao XT, Hu GX, Gu JR, Chen Z, Han ZG (2002). "Insight into hepatocellular carcinogenesis at transcriptome level by comparing gene expression profiles of hepatocellular carcinoma with those of corresponding noncancerous liver". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 (26): 15089–94. doi:10.1073/pnas.241522398. PMC 64988. PMID 11752456.
• Sato S, Tomomori-Sato C, Banks CA, Sorokina I, Parmely TJ, Kong SE, Jin J, Cai Y, Lane WS, Brower CS, Conaway RC, Conaway JW (2003). "Identification of mammalian Mediator subunits with similarities to yeast Mediator subunits Srb5, Srb6, Med11, and Rox3". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (17): 15123–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.C300054200. PMID 12584197.
• Sato S, Tomomori-Sato C, Banks CA, Parmely TJ, Sorokina I, Brower CS, Conaway RC, Conaway JW (2004). "A mammalian homolog of Drosophila melanogaster transcriptional coactivator intersex is a subunit of the mammalian Mediator complex". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (50): 49671–4. doi:10.1074/jbc.C300444200. PMID 14576168.
• Tomomori-Sato C, Sato S, Parmely TJ, Banks CA, Sorokina I, Florens L, Zybailov B, Washburn MP, Brower CS, Conaway RC, Conaway JW (2004). "A mammalian mediator subunit that shares properties with Saccharomyces cerevisiae mediator subunit Cse2". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (7): 5846–51. doi:10.1074/jbc.M312523200. PMID 14638676.
• Sato S, Tomomori-Sato C, Parmely TJ, Florens L, Zybailov B, Swanson SK, Banks CA, Jin J, Cai Y, Washburn MP, Conaway JW, Conaway RC (2004). "A set of consensus mammalian mediator subunits identified by multidimensional protein identification technology". Mol. Cell. 14 (5): 685–91. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2004.05.006. PMID 15175163.
• Léonard VH, Kohl A, Hart TJ, Elliott RM (2006). "Interaction of Bunyamwera Orthobunyavirus NSs Protein with Mediator Protein MED8: a Mechanism for Inhibiting the Interferon Response". J. Virol. 80 (19): 9667–75. doi:10.1128/JVI.00822-06. PMC 1617248. PMID 16973571.