Mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 28 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MED28gene.[1][2][3] It forms part of the Mediator complex.
Subunit Med28 of the Mediator may function as a scaffolding protein within Mediator by maintaining the stability of a submodule within the head module, and components of this submodule act together in a gene-regulatory programme to suppress smooth musclecell differentiation. Thus, mammalian Mediator subunit Med28 functions as a repressor of smooth muscle-cell differentiation, which could have implications for disorders associated with abnormalities in smooth musclecell growth and differentiation, including atherosclerosis, asthma, hypertension, and smooth muscle tumours.[4]
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