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MAX

Chr 14q23.3

MYC associated transcriptional regulator X

Aliases:
bHLHd4, bHLHd5, bHLHd6, bHLHd7, bHLHd8
MANE:
ENST00000358664.9

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Adult solid tumours cancer susceptibility

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Adult solid tumours for rare disease

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Childhood solid tumours

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Fetal anomalies

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Inherited phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Inherited phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma excluding NF1

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Multiple endocrine tumours

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Neuroendocrine cancer pertinent cancer susceptibility

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • pheochromocytoma

    0.81
  • hereditary pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma

    0.74
  • polydactyly-macrocephaly syndrome

    0.62
  • hereditary neoplastic syndrome

    0.55
  • Inherited cancer-predisposing syndrome

    0.55
  • plasma cell myeloma

    0.51
  • neurodegenerative disease

    0.51
  • endometrial cancer

    0.41
  • colon adenocarcinoma

    0.37
  • breast ductal adenocarcinoma

    0.37

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Protein max

Transcription regulator. Forms a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein complex with MYC or MAD which recognizes the core sequence 5'-CAC[GA]TG-3'. The MYC:MAX complex is a transcriptional activator, whereas the MAD:MAX complex is a repressor. May repress transcription via the recruitment of a chromatin remodeling complex containing H3 'Lys-9' histone methyltransferase activity. Represses MYC transcriptional activity from E-box elements

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

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