Melanoma-associated antigen 11 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAGEA11 gene.^[5][6] It is also involved in the androgen and progesterone receptor signaling pathways.

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MAGEA11
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Aliases	MAGEA11, CT1.11, MAGE-11, MAGE11, MAGEA-11, MAGE family member A11
External IDs	OMIM: 300344 MGI: 1333839 HomoloGene: 121637 GeneCards: MAGEA11
Gene location (Human) Chr. X chromosome (human)[1] Band Xq28 Start 149,688,228 bp[1] End 149,717,268 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. X chromosome (mouse)[2] Band X A7.3|X 37.2 cM Start 71,265,623 bp[2] End 71,266,570 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in corpus epididymis placenta endometrium zone of skin skin of abdomen mesencephalon skin of limb substantia nigra connective tissue gland Top expressed in major salivary gland testicle spermatid submandibular gland More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 4110 17140 Ensembl ENSG00000185247 ENSMUSG00000033343 UniProt P43364 F2Z493 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001011544 NM_005366 NM_020280 RefSeq (protein) NP_001011544 NP_005357 NP_064676 Location (UCSC) Chr X: 149.69 – 149.72 Mb Chr X: 71.27 – 71.27 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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MAGEA11 is an androgen coregulator specific to primates.^[7] It was first identified in human melanomas, and has since been linked to several cancers.^[8] It is observed on spermatogonia and primary spermatocytes, and in some prostate and breast cancers.^[9]

This gene is a member of the MAGEA gene family. The members of this family encode proteins with 50 to 80% sequence identity to each other. The promoters and first exons of the MAGEA genes show considerable variability, suggesting that the existence of this gene family enables the same function to be expressed under different transcriptional controls. The MAGEA genes are clustered at chromosomal location Xq28. They have been implicated in some hereditary disorders, such as [dyskeratosis congenita]. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.^[6]

MAGEA11 has been shown to interact with TCEA2,^[10] androgen receptor^[11][12] and SH2D4A.^[10]

MAGE-A genes have several noncoding exons followed by one protein-coding exon. MAGEA11 is mapped to the human chromosome X, forming a locus at q28 with other MAGE-A proteins. MAGE-A11 is located between two copies of MAGEA9 and MAGEA8, and is immediately downstream of the duplicated area. Its sublocus is about 2 Mb from the second sublocus containing the other MAGEA genes.^[8]

MAGE-A11 is part of the androgen receptor signaling pathway in humans. It binds directly to the androgen receptor, promoting transcriptional through direct binding to the androgen receptor FXXLF motif region.^[7][13] This control is specific to primates, and is due to a mutation in the androgen receptor from alanine to valine at residue 33, which extends the α-helix, which enables direct MAGE-A11 binding to the androgen receptor.^[7] Post-translational modification of the protein by phosphorylation of Thr-360 and monoubiquitinylation of Lys-240 and Lys-245 also stabilizes the interaction with the androgen receptor.^[14] MAGE-A11 likely links transcriptionally active androgen receptor dimers.^[15] The MAGE-A11 dependent increase in androgen receptor transcriptional activity is mediated by a direct interaction of MAGE-A11 and transcriptional intermediary factor 2 (TIF2), suggesting that MAGE-A11 may act as a bridging factor to recruit other androgen receptor coactivators.^[14] Mutations in the androgen receptor that interfere with binding of MAGE-A11 can cause partial androgen insensitivity syndrome.^[16]

MAGE-A11 also acts as an isoform-specific coregulator of full-length human progesterone receptor-B through an interaction with the receptor's N terminal.^[15] It increases progesterone and glucocorticoid receptor activity, resulting in greater regulatory control over activation domain dominance compared to mice.^[7]

Most MAGE-A genes are not expressed in healthy tissues except testicular, ovarian, and placental germ cells. They are expressed in tumor cells. MAGE-A11 in particular shows high expression in a small number of tumors, but low levels in all others.^[17]