title: A novel gene, AF-1p, fused to HRX in t(1;11)(p32;q23), is not related to AF-4, AF-9 nor ENL.
abstract: Most of the translocations affecting the chromosome band 11q23, frequently seen in human acute leukemias, involve a restricted area of the HRX gene. We have characterized two t(1;11)(p32;q11) translocations which fuse the HRX gene to a novel gene, AF-1p on chromosome 1p32, in two myeloid leukemias. The der (11) chromosome expresses the 1368 N-terminal amino acids of HRX, including the AT-hook, snRNP and methyltransferase similarities, fused to almost all the AF-1p product. The predicted wild type AF-1p product is a 98 kDa acidic protein which does not exhibit similarity to the AF-4, AF-9 and ENL gene products. It is highly similar to the murine eps 15 gene product, which encodes a cytoplasmic phosphoprotein. Our data indicate that AF-1p defines another class of genes fused to HRX in 11q23 abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: U 301 de l'Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Paris, France.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mauchauffe
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mecucci
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van den Berghe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C486206:EPS15 protein, human; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C497422:KMT2A protein, human; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase