The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen MYC Associated Factor X across different species:

MYC associated factor X (MAX), MYC associated factor X (Max), Myc binding protein Xmax4 (XMax4), MYC associated factor X (max)

Other aliases include:

orf1, bHLHd4, bHLHd5, bHLHd6, bHLHd7, bHLHd8, MGC10775, MGC11225, MGC18164, MGC34679, MGC36767, MGC124611, XMax4, max-A, MAX, xmax, bhlhd4, bhlhd5, bhlhd6, bhlhd7, bhlhd8, MGC89355, xmax2, MGC179452

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen MYC Associated Factor X:

MAX protein – myc-associated factor X – helix-loop-helix zipper protein – protein max – Myc binding protein Xmax4 – Max homologue 2 – Myc associated factor X – MYC associated factor X – Myc binding protein Xmax2

MYC Associated Factor X fulfills a number of functions:

protein binding – transcription coactivator activity – transcription factor activity – DNA binding – promoter binding – protein complex binding – protein heterodimerization activity – protein homodimerization activity – sequence-specific DNA binding – sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity

MYC Associated Factor X is relevant to the following processes:

regulation of transcription – transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – cellular response to peptide hormone stimulus – cellular response to starvation – negative regulation of gene expression – neuron apoptosis – protein complex assembly – regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – response to axon injury – response to insulin stimulus – response to organic nitrogen – retina development in camera-type eye

Locations for MYC Associated Factor X:

cytoplasm – nucleus – MLL1 complex – PML body – dendrite

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology