MAZ (gene)

MYC-associated zinc finger protein (purine-binding transcription factor)
Identifiers
Symbols	MAZ ; PUR1; Pur-1; SAF-1; SAF-2; ZF87; ZNF801; Zif87
External IDs	Template:OMIM5 Template:MGI HomoloGene: 1787
Gene ontology Molecular function Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Cellular component Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Biological process Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO
RNA expression pattern
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More reference expression data
Orthologs
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Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	n/a	n/a
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UniProt	n/a	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	n/a	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	n/a	n/a
Location (UCSC)	n/a	n/a
PubMed search	n/a	n/a

MYC-associated zinc finger protein (purine-binding transcription factor), also known as MAZ, is a human gene.

Further reading

• Bossone SA, Asselin C, Patel AJ, Marcu KB (1992). "MAZ, a zinc finger protein, binds to c-MYC and C2 gene sequences regulating transcriptional initiation and termination". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89 (16): 7452–6. PMID 1502157.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Pyrc JJ, Moberg KH, Hall DJ (1992). "Isolation of a novel cDNA encoding a zinc-finger protein that binds to two sites within the c-myc promoter". Biochemistry. 31 (16): 4102–10. PMID 1567856.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Parks CL, Shenk T (1996). "The serotonin 1a receptor gene contains a TATA-less promoter that responds to MAZ and Sp1". J. Biol. Chem. 271 (8): 4417–30. PMID 8626793.
• Tsutsui H, Sakatsume O, Itakura K, Yokoyama KK (1996). "Members of the MAZ family: a novel cDNA clone for MAZ from human pancreatic islet cells". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 226 (3): 801–9. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1996.1432. PMID 8831693.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Bonaldo MF, Lennon G, Soares MB (1997). "Normalization and subtraction: two approaches to facilitate gene discovery". Genome Res. 6 (9): 791–806. PMID 8889548.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Song J, Murakami H, Tsutsui H; et al. (1998). "Genomic organization and expression of a human gene for Myc-associated zinc finger protein (MAZ)". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (32): 20603–14. PMID 9685418.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Song J, Murakami H, Yang ZQ; et al. (1998). "Human genes for KNSL4 and MAZ are located close to one another on chromosome 16p11.2". Genomics. 52 (3): 374–7. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5452. PMID 9790757.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Tsutsui H, Geltinger C, Murata T; et al. (1999). "The DNA-binding and transcriptional activities of MAZ, a myc-associated zinc finger protein, are regulated by casein kinase II". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 262 (1): 198–205. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1999.1130. PMID 10448092.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Loftus BJ, Kim UJ, Sneddon VP; et al. (1999). "Genome duplications and other features in 12 Mb of DNA sequence from human chromosome 16p and 16q". Genomics. 60 (3): 295–308. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5927. PMID 10493829.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Jordan-Sciutto KL, Dragich JM, Caltagarone J; et al. (2000). "Fetal Alz-50 clone 1 (FAC1) protein interacts with the Myc-associated zinc finger protein (ZF87/MAZ) and alters its transcriptional activity". Biochemistry. 39 (12): 3206–15. PMID 10727212.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ugai H, Li HO, Komatsu M; et al. (2001). "Interaction of Myc-associated zinc finger protein with DCC, the product of a tumor-suppressor gene, during the neural differentiation of P19 EC cells". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 286 (5): 1087–97. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2001.5469. PMID 11527412.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ray BK, Murphy R, Ray P, Ray A (2003). "SAF-2, a splice variant of SAF-1, acts as a negative regulator of transcription". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (48): 46822–30. doi:10.1074/jbc.M206299200. PMID 12270922.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH; et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Bataller L, Wade DF, Graus F; et al. (2004). "The MAZ protein is an autoantigen of Hodgkin's disease and paraneoplastic cerebellar dysfunction". Ann. Neurol. 53 (1): 123–7. doi:10.1002/ana.10434. PMID 12509857.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ray A, Kuroki K, Cook JL; et al. (2003). "Induction of matrix metalloproteinase 1 gene expression is regulated by inflammation-responsive transcription factor SAF-1 in osteoarthritis". Arthritis Rheum. 48 (1): 134–45. doi:10.1002/art.10706. PMID 12528113.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Leroy C, Manen D, Rizzoli R; et al. (2005). "Functional importance of Myc-associated zinc finger protein for the human parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-related peptide receptor-1 P2 promoter constitutive activity". J. Mol. Endocrinol. 32 (1): 99–113. PMID 14765995.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ray A, Shakya A, Kumar D, Ray BK (2004). "Overexpression of serum amyloid A-activating factor 1 inhibits cell proliferation by the induction of cyclin-dependent protein kinase inhibitor p21WAF-1/Cip-1/Sdi-1 expression". J. Immunol. 172 (8): 5006–15. PMID 15067082.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ray BK, Shakya A, Turk JR; et al. (2005). "Induction of the MMP-14 gene in macrophages of the atherosclerotic plaque: role of SAF-1 in the induction process". Circ. Res. 95 (11): 1082–90. doi:10.1161/01.RES.0000150046.48115.80. PMID 15528467.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Gromak N, West S, Proudfoot NJ (2006). "Pause sites promote transcriptional termination of mammalian RNA polymerase II". Mol. Cell. Biol. 26 (10): 3986–96. doi:10.1128/MCB.26.10.3986-3996.2006. PMID 16648491.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ray A, Shakya A, Kumar D; et al. (2006). "Inflammation-responsive transcription factor SAF-1 activity is linked to the development of amyloid A amyloidosis". J. Immunol. 177 (4): 2601–9. PMID 16888022.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)