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BMI1 BMI1 proto-oncogene, polycomb ring finger

Gene ID: 648, updated on 11-Apr-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: PCGF4; RNF51; FLVI2/BMI1; flvi-2/bmi-1

Summary

This gene encodes a ring finger protein that is major component of the polycomb group complex 1 (PRC1). This complex functions through chromatin remodeling as an essential epigenetic repressor of multiple regulatory genes involved in embryonic development and self-renewal in somatic stem cells. This protein also plays a central role in DNA damage repair. This gene is an oncogene and aberrant expression is associated with numerous cancers and is associated with resistance to certain chemotherapies. A pseudogene of this gene is found on chromosome X. Read-through transcription also exists between this gene and the upstream COMM domain containing 3 (COMMD3) gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]

Genomic context

Location:
10p12.2
Sequence:
Chromosome: 10; NC_000010.11 (22321099..22331484)
Total number of exons:
10

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