Interaction of MyoD:E protein with MEF2

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R-HSA-448963
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Reaction [binding]
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Homo sapiens
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MyoD-E protein heterodimers interact with MEF2 proteins to synergistically activate myogenesis. This interaction occurs via association of these two heterologous classes of transcription factors through their DNA-binding and dimerization motifs. The combinatorial associations of these two protein families appear to establish a transcriptional code specific for skeletal muscle gene activation. Together with the Mef2 proteins and E proteins, MyoD transcription factors are responsible for coordinating muscle-specific gene expression in the undifferentiated myoblast. MyoD activation leads to expression of myogenin, M-cadherin, myosin heavy and light chains, and muscle creatine kinase.
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9418854 Multiple roles for the MyoD basic region in transmission of transcriptional activation signals and interaction with MEF2

Black, BL, Molkentin, JD, Olson, EN

Mol Cell Biol 1998
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