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AFF3 ALF transcription elongation factor 3 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 3899, updated on 5-Mar-2024

Summary

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Official Symbol
AFF3provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
ALF transcription elongation factor 3provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:6473
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000144218 MIM:601464; AllianceGenome:HGNC:6473
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
KINS; LAF4; MLLT2-like
Summary
This gene encodes a tissue-restricted nuclear transcriptional activator that is preferentially expressed in lymphoid tissue. Isolation of this protein initially defined a highly conserved LAF4/MLLT2 gene family of nuclear transcription factors that may function in lymphoid development and oncogenesis. In some ALL patients, this gene has been found fused to the gene for MLL. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode different proteins have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Expression
Broad expression in prostate (RPKM 4.8), lymph node (RPKM 3.7) and 23 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

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Location:
2q11.2
Exon count:
34
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2023_10 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 2 NC_000002.12 (99545419..100142590, complement)
RS_2023_10 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 2 NC_060926.1 (100004081..100601540, complement)
105.20220307 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 2 NC_000002.11 (100161881..100759052, complement)

Chromosome 2 - NC_000002.12Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC107985923 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 16281 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:99952564-99953104 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 16284 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 16285 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 16286 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:99953733-99954234 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:99954235-99954734 Neighboring gene thioredoxin domain containing 9 Neighboring gene CDK7 strongly-dependent group 2 enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100019841-100021040 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 11809 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 11808 Neighboring gene OCT4-NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100056357-100057026 Neighboring gene eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5B Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100092059-100092722 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 16288 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 11810 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 11811 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100106417-100107302 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 16289 Neighboring gene REV1 DNA directed polymerase Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100146131-100146758 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100170377-100170925 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100170926-100171473 Neighboring gene NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100171857-100172363 Neighboring gene NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100188674-100189175 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100218069-100218631 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC124906051 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC105373504 Neighboring gene MPRA-validated peak3800 silencer Neighboring gene MPRA-validated peak3801 silencer Neighboring gene BRD4-independent group 4 enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100483776-100484975 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100521553-100522052 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 9249 Neighboring gene OCT4-NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100735506-100736449 Neighboring gene fragile site, folic acid type, rare, fra(2)(q11.2) Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 16290 Neighboring gene long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 1104 Neighboring gene P300/CBP strongly-dependent group 1 enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100865373-100866572 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100871469-100871968 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 11813 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:100907393-100908033 Neighboring gene LON peptidase N-terminal domain and ring finger 2

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Expression

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  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Three KINSSHIP syndrome patients with mosaic and germline AFF3 variants. Inoue Y, et al. Clin Genet, 2023 May. PMID 36576140
  2. A novel variant in AFF3 underlying isolated syndactyly. Khan H, et al. Clin Genet, 2023 Mar. PMID 36273379
  3. Association of AFF3 Gene Polymorphism rs10865035 with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Case-Control Study on a Pakistani Cohort. Ali Y, et al. Genet Res (Camb), 2021. PMID 34104118, Free PMC Article
  4. AFF3 upregulation mediates tamoxifen resistance in breast cancers. Shi Y, et al. J Exp Clin Cancer Res, 2018 Oct 16. PMID 30326937, Free PMC Article
  5. Identification of AF4/FMR2 family, member 3 (AFF3) as a novel rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility locus and confirmation of two further pan-autoimmune susceptibility genes. Barton A, et al. Hum Mol Genet, 2009 Jul 1. PMID 19359276, Free PMC Article

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. Three KINSSHIP syndrome patients with mosaic and germline AFF3 variants.
    Title: Three KINSSHIP syndrome patients with mosaic and germline AFF3 variants.
  2. A novel variant in AFF3 underlying isolated syndactyly.
    Title: A novel variant in AFF3 underlying isolated syndactyly.
  3. Association of AFF3 Gene Polymorphism rs10865035 with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Case-Control Study on a Pakistani Cohort.
    Title: Association of AFF3 Gene Polymorphism rs10865035 with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Case-Control Study on a Pakistani Cohort.
  4. Variants in the degron of AFF3 are associated with intellectual disability, mesomelic dysplasia, horseshoe kidney, and epileptic encephalopathy.
    Title: Variants in the degron of AFF3 are associated with intellectual disability, mesomelic dysplasia, horseshoe kidney, and epileptic encephalopathy.
  5. AFF3 was overexpressed in tamoxifen-resistant tumors. AFF3 overexpression in breast cancer cells resulted in tamoxifen resistance, whereas RNA interference-mediated gene knockdown reversed this phenotype.
    Title: AFF3 upregulation mediates tamoxifen resistance in breast cancers.
  6. Data identified AFF3 as an interactive protein with beclin1 and suggest that AFF3 is probably a key regulator of Beclin-1.
    Title: Integrating multiple omics data for the discovery of potential Beclin-1 interactions in breast cancer.
  7. Both the AFF3 and NTM triglyceride associations were replicated among Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis study participants (P = 1.00 x 10(-7) and 8.00 x 10(-5), respectively).
    Title: Genome-wide linkage and positional association analyses identify associations of novel AFF3 and NTM genes with triglycerides: the GenSalt study.
  8. FRA2A-expressing individuals have mosaic expansions of the AFF3 CGG repeat.
    Title: FRA2A is a CGG repeat expansion associated with silencing of AFF3.
  9. Significant evidence for association of AFF3 rs10865035 with systgemic lupus erythmatgosus was detected.
    Title: Association of AFF1 rs340630 and AFF3 rs10865035 polymorphisms with systemic lupus erythematosus in a Chinese population.
  10. overexpression of AFF2/3/4 interferes with the organization and/or biogenesis of nuclear speckles.
    Title: Functional characterization of the AFF (AF4/FMR2) family of RNA-binding proteins: insights into the molecular pathology of FRAXE intellectual disability.
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Phenotypes

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Associated conditions

Description Tests
KINSSHIP syndrome
MedGen: C5543317 OMIM: 619297 GeneReviews: Not available
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EBI GWAS Catalog

Description
Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery.
EBI GWAS Catalog
Genome wide association study identifies a novel putative mammographic density locus at 1q12-q21.
EBI GWAS Catalog
Genome-wide association study meta-analysis identifies seven new rheumatoid arthritis risk loci.
EBI GWAS Catalog
New susceptibility loci associated with kidney disease in type 1 diabetes.
EBI GWAS Catalog
Novel risk loci for rheumatoid arthritis in Han Chinese and congruence with risk variants in Europeans.
EBI GWAS Catalog
Robust associations of four new chromosome regions from genome-wide analyses of type 1 diabetes.
EBI GWAS Catalog

Variation

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Genotypes

Interactions

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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

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Markers

Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
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enables double-stranded DNA binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in embryonic hindlimb morphogenesis IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in regulation of DNA-templated transcription IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in regulation of gene expression IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
involved_in response to tumor necrosis factor IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
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Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in cytosol IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
  
located_in nuclear body IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
  
located_in nucleoplasm IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
  
located_in nucleus IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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part_of super elongation complex IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  

General protein information

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Preferred Names
AF4/FMR2 family member 3
Names
MLLT2-related protein
lymphoid nuclear protein 4
lymphoid nuclear protein related to AF4
protein LAF-4

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

Genomic

  1. NG_052835.1 RefSeqGene

    Range
    4994..602165
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001025108.2 → NP_001020279.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform 2

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001020279.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AC010736, AC018690, AC073118, AC092667, AC093373, KF456685
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS33258.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    P51826
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    Q8NAP7
    Related
    ENSP00000386834.1, ENST00000409579.5
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam05110
    Location:48 → 1245
    AF-4; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein

  2. NM_001386135.1 → NP_001373064.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform 1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AC010736, AC018690, AC073118, AC092667, AC093373, KF456685
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS42723.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    B7ZM46, B9EGL9, D3DVI6, P51826, Q53RD6, Q53S47, Q53SI6, Q53TB9, Q59F27, Q8IWJ5
    Related
    ENSP00000500419.1, ENST00000672756.2
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    pfam05110
    Location:20 → 473
    AF-4; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein
    pfam18876
    Location:965 → 1225
    AF-4_C; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein C-terminal region

  3. NM_002285.3 → NP_002276.2  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform 1

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_002276.2

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AC010736, AC018690, AC073118, AC092667, AC093373, KF456685
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS42723.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    B7ZM46, B9EGL9, D3DVI6, P51826, Q53RD6, Q53S47, Q53SI6, Q53TB9, Q59F27, Q8IWJ5
    Related
    ENSP00000317421.4, ENST00000317233.8
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    pfam05110
    Location:20 → 473
    AF-4; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein
    pfam18876
    Location:965 → 1225
    AF-4_C; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein C-terminal region

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2023_10

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000002.12 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    99545419..100142590 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_047444286.1 → XP_047300242.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X13

  2. XM_047444281.1 → XP_047300237.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X8

  3. XM_047444283.1 → XP_047300239.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X10

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    B7ZM46, B9EGL9, D3DVI6, P51826, Q53RD6, Q53S47, Q53SI6, Q53TB9, Q59F27, Q8IWJ5

  4. XM_047444280.1 → XP_047300236.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X8

  5. XM_047444279.1 → XP_047300235.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X6

  6. XM_011511169.4 → XP_011509471.2  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X2

    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam05110
    Location:177 → 1373
    AF-4; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein

  7. XM_024452883.2 → XP_024308651.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X1

    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam05110
    Location:177 → 1374
    AF-4; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein

  8. XM_047444278.1 → XP_047300234.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X5

  9. XM_047444277.1 → XP_047300233.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X4

  10. XM_011511171.4 → XP_011509473.2  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X3

    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam05110
    Location:177 → 1358
    AF-4; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein

  11. XM_011511170.3 → XP_011509472.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X7

    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam05110
    Location:100 → 1297
    AF-4; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein

  12. XM_047444284.1 → XP_047300240.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X11

  13. XM_047444285.1 → XP_047300241.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X12

  14. XM_005263943.5 → XP_005264000.2  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X10

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for XP_005264000.2

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    B7ZM46, B9EGL9, D3DVI6, P51826, Q53RD6, Q53S47, Q53SI6, Q53TB9, Q59F27, Q8IWJ5
    Related
    ENSP00000387207.1, ENST00000409236.6
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    pfam05110
    Location:20 → 473
    AF-4; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein
    pfam18876
    Location:965 → 1225
    AF-4_C; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein C-terminal region

  15. XM_047444282.1 → XP_047300238.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X9

  16. XM_011511174.4 → XP_011509476.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X8

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for XP_011509476.1

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    P51826
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam05110
    Location:48 → 1245
    AF-4; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein

  17. XM_047444287.1 → XP_047300243.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X13

  18. XM_047444289.1 → XP_047300245.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X17

  19. XM_017004085.3 → XP_016859574.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X15

  20. XM_047444288.1 → XP_047300244.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X16

  21. XM_005263945.5 → XP_005264002.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X14

    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam05110
    Location:24 → 889
    AF-4; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein

  22. XM_047444290.1 → XP_047300246.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X20

  23. XM_017004087.3 → XP_016859576.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X21

  24. XM_011511179.4 → XP_011509481.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X19

    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam05110
    Location:88 → 858
    AF-4; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein

  25. XM_011511178.4 → XP_011509480.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X18

    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam05110
    Location:89 → 859
    AF-4; AF-4 proto-oncoprotein

Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060926.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    100004081..100601540 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_054341993.1 → XP_054197968.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X8

  2. XM_054341990.1 → XP_054197965.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X6

  3. XM_054341989.1 → XP_054197964.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X5

  4. XM_054341988.1 → XP_054197963.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X4

  5. XM_054341986.1 → XP_054197961.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X2

  6. XM_054341987.1 → XP_054197962.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X3

  7. XM_054341985.1 → XP_054197960.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X1

  8. XM_054341994.1 → XP_054197969.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X8

  9. XM_054341991.1 → XP_054197966.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X7

  10. XM_054341992.1 → XP_054197967.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X8

  11. XM_054341998.1 → XP_054197973.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X11

  12. XM_054341995.1 → XP_054197970.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X8

  13. XM_054341999.1 → XP_054197974.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X12

  14. XM_054341997.1 → XP_054197972.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X10

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    B7ZM46, B9EGL9, D3DVI6, P51826, Q53RD6, Q53S47, Q53SI6, Q53TB9, Q59F27, Q8IWJ5

  15. XM_054341996.1 → XP_054197971.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X9

  16. XM_054342000.1 → XP_054197975.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X13

  17. XM_054342004.1 → XP_054197979.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X17

  18. XM_054342001.1 → XP_054197976.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X15

  19. XM_054342003.1 → XP_054197978.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X16

  20. XM_054342002.1 → XP_054197977.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X14

  21. XM_054342008.1 → XP_054197983.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X21

  22. XM_054342007.1 → XP_054197982.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X20

  23. XM_054342006.1 → XP_054197981.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X19

  24. XM_054342005.1 → XP_054197980.1  AF4/FMR2 family member 3 isoform X18

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P51826.3 GenPept UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:P51826

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