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MED12 mediator complex subunit 12

Gene ID: 9968, updated on 16-Apr-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: Kto; OKS; FGS1; HDKR; HOPA; OPA1; OHDOX; ARC240; CAGH45; MED12S; TNRC11; TRAP230

Summary

The initiation of transcription is controlled in part by a large protein assembly known as the preinitiation complex. A component of this preinitiation complex is a 1.2 MDa protein aggregate called Mediator. This Mediator component binds with a CDK8 subcomplex which contains the protein encoded by this gene, mediator complex subunit 12 (MED12), along with MED13, CDK8 kinase, and cyclin C. The CDK8 subcomplex modulates Mediator-polymerase II interactions and thereby regulates transcription initiation and reinitation rates. The MED12 protein is essential for activating CDK8 kinase. Defects in this gene cause X-linked Opitz-Kaveggia syndrome, also known as FG syndrome, and Lujan-Fryns syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2009]

Copy number response

Description
Copy number response
Triplosensitivity

No evidence available (Last evaluated 2018-08-22)

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Haploinsufficency

No evidence available (Last evaluated 2018-08-22)

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Genomic context

Location:
Xq13.1
Sequence:
Chromosome: X; NC_000023.11 (71118596..71142450)
Total number of exons:
44

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