FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as MOF_DROME, mof. Histone acetyltransferase that plays a direct role in the specific histone acetylation associated with dosage compensation as part of the MSL complex (PubMed:9155031, PubMed:16543150). Dosage compensation insures that males with a single X chromosome have the same amount of most X-linked gene products as females with two X chromosomes (PubMed:9155031). May be directly involved in the acetylation of histone 4 at 'Lys-16' on the X chromosome of males where it is recruited by the MSL complex (PubMed:11258702). As part of the NSL complex may associate with promoters of X chromosomal as well as autosomal genes and positively regulate their transcription through chromatin modification (PubMed:20620954). Component of the male-specific lethal (MSL) histone acetyltransferase complex at least composed of mof, msl-1, msl-2 and msl-3 (PubMed:20620954, PubMed:16543150). Component of the non-specific lethal (NLS) histone acetyltransferase complex at least composed of mof, nls1, dgt1/NSL2, Rcd1/NSL3, Rcd5/MCRS2, MBD-R2 and wds (PubMed:16543150, PubMed:20620954).

EXTERNAL LINKS

mof

Males-absent on the first protein

mof

Molecular Synopsis