title: TAL1, TAL2 and LYL1: a family of basic helix-loop-helix proteins implicated in T cell acute leukaemia.
abstract: TAL1 gene rearrangement is the most common genetic defect associated with T cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL). Tumour-specific rearrangements of TAL1 arise as a result of either chromosome translocation or local DNA recombination. TAL1 gene products possess the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) motif, a DNA-binding domain common to several known transcription factors. The bHLH domain of TAL1 is especially homologous to those encoded by TAL2 and LYL1, distinct genes that were also identified on the basis of chromosomal rearrangement in T-ALL. Thus, TAL1, TAL2 and LYL1 constitute a unique family of bHLH proteins, each of which is a potential mediator of T cell leukaemogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D002877:Chromosomes, Human / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015973:Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic; D015329:Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte; D016259:Genes, myc; D018257:Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D000073942:T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Protein 1; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D000073942:T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; C086541:LYL1 protein, human; C490130:Lyl1 protein, mouse; C086540:TAL2 protein, human; C489366:Tal1 protein, mouse; C490129:Tal2 protein, mouse; C067143:TAL1 protein, human