LMX1A

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LIM homeobox transcription factor 1, alpha, also known as LMX1A, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the LMX1A gene.

Function

Insulin is produced exclusively by the beta cells in the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. The level and beta-cell specificity of insulin gene expression are regulated by a set of nuclear genes that bind to specific sequences within the promoter of the insulin gene INS and interact with RNA polymerase to activate or repress transcription. LMX1 is a LIM homeobox transcription factor that binds an A/T-rich sequence in the insulin promoter and stimulates transcription of insulin.

Interactions

LMX1A has been shown to interact with TCF3 and LHX3.

Further reading

• German MS, Wang J, Chadwick RB, Rutter WJ (1992). "Synergistic activation of the insulin gene by a LIM-homeo domain protein and a basic helix-loop-helix protein: building a functional insulin minienhancer complex". Genes Dev. 6 (11): 2165–76. doi:10.1101/gad.6.11.2165. PMID 1358758.
• German MS, Wang J, Fernald AA, Espinosa R, Le Beau MM, Bell GI (1994). "Localization of the genes encoding two transcription factors, LMX1 and CDX3, regulating insulin gene expression to human chromosomes 1 and 13". Genomics. 24 (2): 403–4. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1639. PMID 7698771.
• Jurata LW, Gill GN (1997). "Functional analysis of the nuclear LIM domain interactor NLI". Mol. Cell. Biol. 17 (10): 5688–98. PMC 232417. PMID 9315627.
• Iannotti CA, Inoue H, Bernal E, Aoki M, Liu L, Donis-Keller H, German MS, Permutt MA (1997). "Identification of a human LMX1 (LMX1.1)-related gene, LMX1.2: tissue-specific expression and linkage mapping on chromosome 9". Genomics. 46 (3): 520–4. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5075. PMID 9441763.
• Jurata LW, Pfaff SL, Gill GN (1998). "The nuclear LIM domain interactor NLI mediates homo- and heterodimerization of LIM domain transcription factors". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (6): 3152–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.6.3152. PMID 9452425.
• Thameem F, Wolford JK, Wang J, German MS, Bogardus C, Prochazka M (2002). "Cloning, expression and genomic structure of human LMX1A, and variant screening in Pima Indians". Gene. 290 (1–2): 217–25. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00582-6. PMID 12062816.
• Millen KJ, Millonig JH, Hatten ME (2004). "Roof plate and dorsal spinal cord dl1 interneuron development in the dreher mutant mouse". Dev. Biol. 270 (2): 382–92. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.03.008. PMID 15183721.
• Hassel S, Eichner A, Yakymovych M, Hellman U, Knaus P, Souchelnytskyi S (2004). "Proteins associated with type II bone morphogenetic protein receptor (BMPR-II) and identified by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry". Proteomics. 4 (5): 1346–58. doi:10.1002/pmic.200300770. PMID 15188402.