BAZ1B

BAZ1B

BAZ1B

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


Tyrosine-protein kinase, or Bromodomain adjacent to zinc finger domain, 1B (BAZ1B) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the BAZ1B gene.[5][6][7]

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Function

This gene encodes a member of the bromodomain protein family. The bromodomain is a structural motif characteristic of proteins involved in chromatin-dependent regulation of transcription. This gene is deleted in Williams-Beuren syndrome, a developmental disorder caused by deletion of multiple genes at 7q11.23.[7]

BAZ1B has been found to affect the activity of 448 other genes and is very important in the development of the neural crest and the face. Research suggests that changes in BAZ1B may have been involved in "self-domesticating" humans.[8][9]


References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Peoples RJ, Cisco MJ, Kaplan P, Francke U (Feb 1999). "Identification of the WBSCR9 gene, encoding a novel transcriptional regulator, in the Williams-Beuren syndrome deletion at 7q11.23". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 82 (3–4): 238–46. doi:10.1159/000015110. PMID 9858827. S2CID 46824270.
  4. Lu X, Meng X, Morris CA, Keating MT (December 1998). "A novel human gene, WSTF, is deleted in Williams syndrome". Genomics. 54 (2): 241–9. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5578. PMID 9828126.

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