Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
4286
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Melanocyte inducing transcription factor
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
MITF
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
CMM8, COMMAD, MI, MITF-A, WS2, WS2A, bHLHe32
Chromosome Chromosome number
3
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
3p13
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
The protein encoded by this gene is a transcription factor that contains both basic helix-loop-helix and leucine zipper structural features. The encoded protein regulates melanocyte development and is responsible for pigment cell-specific transcription of
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs104893744 T>C Pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant, genic downstream transcript variant
rs104893745 C>G Pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant, genic downstream transcript variant
rs104893746 C>T Pathogenic Stop gained, coding sequence variant, genic downstream transcript variant
rs104893747 T>C Pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant, genic downstream transcript variant
rs137944487 C>G,T Conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity, uncertain-significance Synonymous variant, coding sequence variant, genic downstream transcript variant, downstream transcript variant, missense variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT001990 hsa-miR-182-5p Luciferase reporter assay 17597072
MIRT001990 hsa-miR-182-5p Luciferase reporter assay 17597072
MIRT001990 hsa-miR-182-5p Luciferase reporter assay 17597072
MIRT001990 hsa-miR-182-5p Luciferase reporter assay 17597072
MIRT001989 hsa-miR-96-5p Luciferase reporter assay 17597072
Transcription factors
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
ATF1 Activation 12966428
ATF1 Unknown 20068147
CREB1 Activation 19937254
EWSR1 Activation 12966428
FOXD3 Repression 21519923
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000122 Process Negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IMP 24769727
GO:0000785 Component Chromatin ISA
GO:0000978 Function RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding IBA
GO:0000978 Function RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding IDA 14737107
GO:0000978 Function RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding IEA
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
156845 7105 ENSG00000187098
Protein
UniProt ID O75030
Protein name Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (Class E basic helix-loop-helix protein 32) (bHLHe32)
Protein function Transcription factor that acts as a master regulator of melanocyte survival and differentiation as well as melanosome biogenesis (PubMed:10587587, PubMed:22647378, PubMed:27889061, PubMed:9647758). Binds to M-boxes (5'-TCATGTG-3') and symmetrica
PDB 4C7N , 7D8R , 7D8S , 7D8T , 7EOD , 8E1D
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF15951 MITF_TFEB_C_3_N 56 228 MITF/TFEB/TFEC/TFE3 N-terminus Family
PF00010 HLH 312 365 Helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain Domain
PF11851 DUF3371 397 522 Domain of unknown function (DUF3371) Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in melanocytes (at protein level). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:28842328}.; TISSUE SPECIFICITY: [Isoform A2]: Expressed in the retinal pigment epithelium, brain, and placenta (PubMed:9647758). Expressed in the kidney (PubMed:10578055,
Sequence
Sequence length 526
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG   Reactome
  Mitophagy - animal
Osteoclast differentiation
Melanogenesis
Pathways in cancer
Transcriptional misregulation in cancer
Melanoma
  SUMOylation of transcription factors
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Associated diseases Disease associations categorized as Causal (pathogenic variants), Unknown (uncertain genetic evidence), or Text Mining (literature-based associations)
Causal Diseases caused by PATHOGENIC or LIKELY PATHOGENIC variants from ClinVar only
Disease merge term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Tietz Syndrome tietz syndrome rs1576005420, rs1553704814, rs104893745 N/A
Waardenburg Syndrome waardenburg syndrome, Waardenburg syndrome type 2A, waardenburg syndrome type 1 rs1064797294, rs104893746, rs1553702006, rs1576047519, rs1553704841, rs876657699, rs1559749017, rs1553701477, rs878853234, rs1553703612, rs1057517966, rs147682682, rs1057518765, rs1553704086, rs1553704814
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N/A
hearing impairment Hearing impairment rs104893746 N/A
Unknown Includes: (1) ClinVar NON-pathogenic variants (Uncertain, Benign, Conflicting, VUS), (2) GenCC associations, (3) GWAS associations, (4) CBGDA evidence-based associations. NOTE: Diseases with pathogenic evidence are excluded to avoid conflicts.
Disease merge term Disease name Evidence References Source
Anophthalmia/Microphthalmia-Esophageal Atresia Syndrome Anophthalmia-microphthalmia syndrome N/A N/A ClinVar
Coronary artery disease Coronary artery disease N/A N/A GWAS
Diabetes Type 2 diabetes N/A N/A GWAS
Dyslexia Dyslexia N/A N/A GWAS
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Adenocarcinoma Associate 22491060
Adenocarcinoma of Lung Associate 38016436
Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Associate 39519399
Albinism Associate 32728090, 35488210
Angiomyolipoma Associate 11485907, 11800647
Biliary Tract Neoplasms Associate 32012241
Bone Cysts Aneurysmal Associate 15205688
Bone Diseases Associate 17464203
Bone Diseases Metabolic Associate 17464203
Bone Resorption Associate 15205688