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Details on Person UniProt:Q9UHB7 AFF4

Class:IdReferenceGeneProduct:218173
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_displayNameUniProt:Q9UHB7 AFF4
_timestamp2025-08-15 21:58:40
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commentFUNCTION Key component of the super elongation complex (SEC), a complex required to increase the catalytic rate of RNA polymerase II transcription by suppressing transient pausing by the polymerase at multiple sites along the DNA. In the SEC complex, AFF4 acts as a central scaffold that recruits other factors through direct interactions with ELL proteins (ELL, ELL2 or ELL3) and the P-TEFb complex. In case of infection by HIV-1 virus, the SEC complex is recruited by the viral Tat protein to stimulate viral gene expression.SUBUNIT Component of the super elongation complex (SEC), at least composed of EAF1, EAF2, CDK9, MLLT3/AF9, AFF (AFF1 or AFF4), the P-TEFb complex and ELL (ELL, ELL2 or ELL3) (PubMed:12065898, PubMed:20159561, PubMed:20471948, PubMed:22195968, PubMed:22483617, PubMed:30134174). Interacts with ELL3; the interaction is direct (By similarity). Interacts with ELL2; the interaction is direct and leads to stabilize ELL2 and prevent ELL2 ubiquitination and degradation (PubMed:22483617).INTERACTION Associates to transcriptionally active chromatin but not at snRNA genes.ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS Ubiquitously expressed. Strongly expressed in heart, placenta, skeletal muscle, pancreas and to a lower extent in brain.DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE Expressed in fetal heart, lung, brain and to a lower extent liver.PTM Dephosphorylated at Ser-549 by the PNUTS-PP1 complex, promoting RNA polymerase II transcription pause-release.DISEASE A chromosomal aberration involving AFF4 is found in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Insertion ins(5;11)(q31;q13q23) that forms a KMT2A/MLL1-AFF4 fusion protein.DISEASE The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.SIMILARITY Belongs to the AF4 family.SEQUENCE CAUTION Contaminating sequence. Potential poly-A sequence.
created[InstanceEdit:217385] Schmidt, EE, 2008-03-27 06:23:53
descriptionrecommendedName: AF4/FMR2 family member 4 alternativeName: ALL1-fused gene from chromosome 5q31 protein shortName: Protein AF-5q31 alternativeName: Major CDK9 elongation factor-associated protein
geneNameAFF4
AF5Q31
MCEF
HSPC092
identifierQ9UHB7
isSequenceChangedFALSE
keyword3D-structure
Acetylation
Alternative splicing
Chromosomal rearrangement
Chromosome
Direct protein sequencing
Disease variant
Dwarfism
Isopeptide bond
Nucleus
Obesity
Phosphoprotein
Proteomics identification
Proto-oncogene
Reference proteome
Transcription
Transcription regulation
Ubl conjugation
modified[InstanceEdit:9836292] Weiser, Joel, 2023-05-25
[InstanceEdit:9852000] Weiser, Joel, 2023-11-03
[InstanceEdit:9917590] Weiser, Joel, 2024-08-09
[InstanceEdit:9926675] Weiser, Joel, 2024-11-03
[InstanceEdit:9963647] Weiser, Joel, 2025-08-15
nameAFF4
referenceDatabase[ReferenceDatabase:2] UniProt
referenceGene[ReferenceDNASequence:8997003] ENSEMBL:ENSG00000072364 AFF4 [Homo sapiens]
secondaryIdentifierAFF4_HUMAN
B2RP19
B7WPD2
Q498B2
Q59FB3
Q6P592
Q8TDR1
Q9P0E4
sequenceLength1163
species[Species:48887] Homo sapiens
(isoformParent)[ReferenceIsoform:218174] UniProt:Q9UHB7-2 AFF4 [Homo sapiens]
[ReferenceIsoform:218175] UniProt:Q9UHB7-3 AFF4 [Homo sapiens]
[ReferenceIsoform:415360] UniProt:Q9UHB7-1 AFF4 [Homo sapiens]
(referenceEntity)[EntityWithAccessionedSequence:8932788] AFF4 [nucleoplasm] [Homo sapiens]
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