| Gene information | Literature | Expression | lncRNA | Mutation | Homolog |
Basic Information | |
|---|---|
Gene ID | 4298 |
Name | MLLT1 |
Synonymous | myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia (trithorax homolog, Drosophila); translocated to, 1;MLLT1;myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia (trithorax homolog, Drosophila); translocated to, 1 |
Definition | CTC-503J8.6|ENL/MLL fusion|MLLT1/MLL fusion|YEATS domain-containing protein 1|myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia (trithorax homolog); translocated to, 1|protein ENL |
Position | 19p13.3 |
Gene type | protein-coding |
Title | Abstract |
| The ENL moiety of the childhood leukemia-associated MLL-ENL oncoprotein recruits human Polycomb 3. | The translocation t(11;19) is frequently found in acute leukemia in infants. This event truncates the proto-oncogene MLL and fuses the 5 end of MLL in frame with the ENL gene. ENL contributes a crucial protein-protein interaction domain to the resulting oncoprotein MLL-ENL. Here we show by yeast two-hybrid assays, GST-pull-down experiments and in a far western blot analysis that this domain is necessary and sufficient to recruit a novel member of the human Polycomb protein family (hPc3). hPc3 RNA was detected throughout the human hematopoietic system. Similar to other Polycomb proteins hPc3 acts as a transcriptional repressor. The ENL-hPc3 interaction was verified by mutual co-precipitation of the proteins from cell extracts. ENL and hPc3 tagged with fluorescent proteins co-localized in living cells in a nuclear dot pattern. An internal region of hPc3 was responsible for binding to ENL. Finally, hPc3 binds to the C-terminus of AF9, another common MLL fusion partner. The recruitment of a repressive function by ENL opens up a new insight into a possible mechanism of leukemogenesis by the fusion protein MLL-ENL. |