MEST (gene)

MEST
Identifiers
Aliases MEST, PEG1, mesoderm specific transcript
External IDs MGI: 96968 HomoloGene: 1800 GeneCards: MEST
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

4232

17294

Ensembl

ENSG00000106484

ENSMUSG00000051855

UniProt

Q5EB52

Q07646

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001252292
NM_001252293
NM_008590

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001239221.1
NP_001239222.1
NP_032616.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 130.49 – 130.51 Mb Chr 6: 30.72 – 30.75 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Mesoderm-specific transcript homolog protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MEST gene.[3][4]

This gene encodes a member of the [alpha]/[beta] hydrolase fold family and has isoform-specific imprinting. The loss of imprinting of this gene has been linked to certain types of cancer and may be due to promotor switching. The encoded protein may play a role in development. Three transcript variants encoding two distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene. A pseudogene for this locus is located on chromosome 6.[4]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Nishita Y, Yoshida I, Sado T, Takagi N (Feb 1997). "Genomic imprinting and chromosomal localization of the human MEST gene". Genomics. 36 (3): 539–42. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0502. PMID 8884280.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: MEST mesoderm specific transcript homolog (mouse)".

Further reading


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