title: Parafibromin--functional insights.
abstract: Parafibromin is a predominantly nuclear protein with a tumour suppressor role in the development of hereditary and nonhereditary parathyroid carcinomas, and the hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumour syndrome, which is associated with renal and uterine tumours. Parafibromin is a component of the highly conserved PAF1 complex, which regulates transcriptional events and histone modifications. The parafibromin/PAF1 complex regulates genes involved in cell growth and survival, and via these, parafibromin plays a pivotal role in embryonic development and survival of adults.
authors.affiliation: The Academic Endocrine Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Newey
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bowl
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Thakker
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000235:genetics; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D009386:Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / Q000235:genetics; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C454900:CDC73 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins