Mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 30 is an
enzyme
An enzyme () is a protein that acts as a biological catalyst by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrate (chemistry), substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different mol ...
that in humans is encoded by the ''MED30''
gene
In biology, the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is transcribed to produce a functional RNA. There are two types of molecular genes: protei ...
.
It represents subunit Med30 of the
Mediator complex
Mediator is a multiprotein complex that functions as a transcriptional coactivator in all eukaryotes. It was discovered in 1990 in the lab of Roger D. Kornberg, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Mediator complexes interact with tr ...
and is
metazoan
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-specific,
having no
homologues in
yeast
Yeasts are eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms classified as members of the fungus kingdom (biology), kingdom. The first yeast originated hundreds of millions of years ago, and at least 1,500 species are currently recognized. They are est ...
s.
Interactions
MED30 has been shown to
interact
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with
MED22
Mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 22 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''MED22'' gene.
Function
This gene is located in the surfeit gene cluster, a group of very tightly linked housekeeping genes that do not share ...
.
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Protein domains