MAX binding protein: Proteins and Enzymes

MNT, also known as MAX-binding protein MNT, is a 582 amino acid protein that is 62 kDa, has a basic-Helix-Loop-Helix-zipper domain (bHLHzip) with which it binds the canonical DNA sequence CANNTG, known as the E box, following heterodimerization with Max proteins. This protein is likely a transcriptional repressor and an antagonist of Myc-dependent transcriptional activation and cell growth and represses transcription by binding to DNA binding proteins at its N-terminal Sin3-interaction domain. Current research is being performed on several diseases and disorders including Miller-Dieker lissencephaly, Miller-Dieker syndrome, Williams-Beuren syndrome, tetanus neonatorum, rheumatic fever, lissencephaly, tetanus, cholestasis, rabies, medulloblastoma, lung cancer, neuroblastoma, and leukemia.