title: The EVI-1 gene--its role in pathogenesis of human leukemias.
abstract: EVI-1 (ecotropic virus integration site-1) was at first identified as an integration site of the murine leukemia retrovirus in murine myeloid leukemias. It is involved in pathogenesis of mouse and human leukemias. EVI-1 expression may be activated by retroviral insertion or is caused by chromosomal translocations. EVI-1 gene is located on human chromosome 3, spans over 100 kb and contains 12 exons with ten coding exons. EVI-1 gene encodes 1051 amino acids DNA binding protein containing ten zinc finger repeats organized in two domains. The 145 kDa EVI-1 protein is localized in the nucleus. The structure of the EVI-1 protein indicates that it functions as a transcriptional factor of the zinc finger family. The role of this transcription factor in myeloid cell transformation and the target genes of EVI-1 is still unknown. Occurrence of a few EVI-1 fusion transcripts was shown. The role of this fusion proteins is still unclear. Mouse and human sequences of the gene show a high degree of homology; 91% in nucleotide sequence and 94% in amino acid sequence.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 32, 60-479, Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jółkowska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Witt
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D015870:Gene Expression; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000235:genetics*; D000074008:MDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus Protein; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D000074008:MDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus Protein; C063575:MECOM protein, human; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C039919:RNA, recombinant; D014157:Transcription Factors; D012313:RNA