In mice, myogenin is essential for the development of functional skeletal muscle. Myogenin is required for the proper differentiation of most myogenic precursor cells during the process of myogenesis. When the DNA coding for myogenin was knocked out of the mouse genome, severe skeletal muscle defects were observed. Mice lacking both copies of myogenin (homozygous-null) suffer from perinatal lethality due to the lack of mature secondary skeletal muscle fibers throughout the body.[2][3]
In cell culture, myogenin can induce myogenesis in a variety of non-muscle cell types.
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↑Chen CM, Kraut N, Groudine M, Weintraub H (September 1996). "I-mf, a novel myogenic repressor, interacts with members of the MyoD family". Cell. 86 (5): 731–41. doi:10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80148-8. PMID8797820.
↑Corbi N, Di Padova M, De Angelis R, Bruno T, Libri V, Iezzi S, Floridi A, Fanciulli M, Passananti C (October 2002). "The alpha-like RNA polymerase II core subunit 3 (RPB3) is involved in tissue-specific transcription and muscle differentiation via interaction with the myogenic factor myogenin". FASEB Journal. 16 (12): 1639–41. doi:10.1096/fj.02-0123fje. PMID12207009.
↑Groisman R, Masutani H, Leibovitch MP, Robin P, Soudant I, Trouche D, Harel-Bellan A (March 1996). "Physical interaction between the mitogen-responsive serum response factor and myogenic basic-helix-loop-helix proteins". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (9): 5258–64. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.9.5258. PMID8617811.
↑Langlands K, Yin X, Anand G, Prochownik EV (August 1997). "Differential interactions of Id proteins with basic-helix-loop-helix transcription factors". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (32): 19785–93. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.32.19785. PMID9242638.
↑Chakraborty T, Martin JF, Olson EN (September 1992). "Analysis of the oligomerization of myogenin and E2A products in vivo using a two-hybrid assay system". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267 (25): 17498–501. PMID1325437.
Further reading
Weintraub H, Davis R, Tapscott S, Thayer M, Krause M, Benezra R, Blackwell TK, Turner D, Rupp R, Hollenberg S (February 1991). "The myoD gene family: nodal point during specification of the muscle cell lineage". Science. 251 (4995): 761–6. doi:10.1126/science.1846704. PMID1846704.
Chakraborty T, Martin JF, Olson EN (September 1992). "Analysis of the oligomerization of myogenin and E2A products in vivo using a two-hybrid assay system". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267 (25): 17498–501. PMID1325437.
Olson E, Edmondson D, Wright WE, Lin VK, Guenet JL, Simon-Chazottes D, Thompson LH, Stallings RL, Schroeder WT, Duvic M (November 1990). "Myogenin is in an evolutionarily conserved linkage group on human chromosome 1q31-q41 and unlinked to other mapped muscle regulatory factor genes". Genomics. 8 (3): 427–34. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(90)90028-S. PMID1962752.
Brennan TJ, Olson EN (April 1990). "Myogenin resides in the nucleus and acquires high affinity for a conserved enhancer element on heterodimerization". Genes & Development. 4 (4): 582–95. doi:10.1101/gad.4.4.582. PMID2163343.
Groisman R, Masutani H, Leibovitch MP, Robin P, Soudant I, Trouche D, Harel-Bellan A (March 1996). "Physical interaction between the mitogen-responsive serum response factor and myogenic basic-helix-loop-helix proteins". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (9): 5258–64. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.9.5258. PMID8617811.
Chen CM, Kraut N, Groudine M, Weintraub H (September 1996). "I-mf, a novel myogenic repressor, interacts with members of the MyoD family". Cell. 86 (5): 731–41. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80148-8. PMID8797820.
Langlands K, Yin X, Anand G, Prochownik EV (August 1997). "Differential interactions of Id proteins with basic-helix-loop-helix transcription factors". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (32): 19785–93. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.32.19785. PMID9242638.
Onions J, Hermann S, Grundström T (April 2000). "A novel type of calmodulin interaction in the inhibition of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors". Biochemistry. 39 (15): 4366–74. doi:10.1021/bi992533u. PMID10757985.
Corbi N, Di Padova M, De Angelis R, Bruno T, Libri V, Iezzi S, Floridi A, Fanciulli M, Passananti C (October 2002). "The alpha-like RNA polymerase II core subunit 3 (RPB3) is involved in tissue-specific transcription and muscle differentiation via interaction with the myogenic factor myogenin". FASEB Journal. 16 (12): 1639–41. doi:10.1096/fj.02-0123fje. PMID12207009.