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| | R1, R2 and R3 form DNA-binding domain, TA - transactivation domain, CR - conserved region (the area of homology with c-Myb), RD - regulatory domain. |
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| Description | 704 amino acids, 93kDa protein.
R1, R2, R3 - three repeats 50 amino acids long, R2 and R3 contain HTH (helix-turn-helix) motives with unconventional turns required for DNA-binding activity, R1 serves as a DNA/protein complex stabilizer; TA contains acidic amino acids and is responsible for transcriptional activation; RD is responsible for repression of transactivation function of B-MYB. |
| Expression | Widely expressed, expression is very high in proliferative cells, embryonic cells, haematopoietic progenitor cells. |
| Localisation | Nucleus. |
| Function | Transcription factor required for cell proliferation, cell cycle progression, chromosomal stability and differentiation. B-MYB knockout mice die at E4.5-E6.5 due to early developmental arrest. |
| Homology | B-MYB is a member of MYB transcription factors family, which includes C-MYB and A-MYB, with high homology within TA and RD regions. DNA-binding domain is almost identical with that of A-MYB and C-MYB and conserved between mouse, human, chicken and drosophila. |
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