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MKL1: Function, Clinical significance & Overview

MKL/megakaryoblastic leukemia 1 (also termed MRTFA/myocardin related transcription factor A) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MKL1 gene.

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MKL1 topic overview

The analysis highlights Function, Clinical significance and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around MKL1.

Related topics
6
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
9
Extracted relationships
75
Related term clusters
9
Bridge connections
9

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Function · 3 topics
Overview · 2 topics
Clinical significance · 1 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Aliases
MRTFA, BSAC, MAL, MRTF-A, megakaryoblastic leukemia (translocation) 1, MKL, MKL1, myocardin related transcription factor A
Available structures
Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes2KVU, 2KW9
Band
22q13.1-q13.2 · 15|15 E1
Bgee
monocyte · granulocyte · popliteal artery · tibial arteries · right testis
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Chr.
Chromosome 22 (human) · Chromosome 15 (mouse)

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Overview

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Clinical significance

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Advanced semantic analysis

How MKL1 connects Entity context

The extracted context around MKL1 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, MKL1 → blood, body of uterus, bone marrow cell, CA3 field, dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell, granular layer of dentate gyrus, granulocyte, Ileal epithelium, layer of dentate gyrus, left testis, mesenteric lymph nodes, monocyte, olfactory tubercle, popliteal artery, pyramidal layer of hippocampus, right testis, stromal cell of endometrium, tibial arteries Another extracted example is MKL1 → actin binding, actin cytoskeleton organization, actin monomer binding, cytoplasm, cytosol, leucine zipper domain binding, nucleoplasm, nucleus, positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II, protein binding, regulation of transcription, DNA-templated, smooth muscle cell differentiation, transcription by RNA polymerase II, transcription coactivator activity, transcription, DNA-templated. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

MKL1

Top relations

Bgee · 18
MKL1 → blood, body of uterus, bone marrow cell, CA3 field, dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell, granular layer of dentate gyrus, granulocyte, Ileal epithelium, layer of dentate gyrus, left testis, mesenteric lymph nodes, monocyte, olfactory tubercle, popliteal artery, pyramidal layer of hippocampus, right testis, stromal cell of endometrium, tibial arteries
RNA expression pattern · 18
MKL1 → blood, body of uterus, bone marrow cell, CA3 field, dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell, granular layer of dentate gyrus, granulocyte, Ileal epithelium, layer of dentate gyrus, left testis, mesenteric lymph nodes, monocyte, olfactory tubercle, popliteal artery, pyramidal layer of hippocampus, right testis, stromal cell of endometrium, tibial arteries
Gene ontology · 15
MKL1 → actin binding, actin cytoskeleton organization, actin monomer binding, cytoplasm, cytosol, leucine zipper domain binding, nucleoplasm, nucleus, positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II, protein binding, regulation of transcription, DNA-templated, smooth muscle cell differentiation, transcription by RNA polymerase II, transcription coactivator activity, transcription, DNA-templated
Band · 2
MKL1 → 15|15 E1, 22q13.1-q13.2
Chr. · 2
MKL1 → Chromosome 15 (mouse), Chromosome 22 (human)
End · 2
MKL1 → 40,636,719 bp, 81,074,958 bp
Aliases · 1
MKL1 → MRTFA, BSAC, MAL, MRTF-A, megakaryoblastic leukemia (translocation) 1, MKL, MKL1, myocardin related transcription factor A
Available structures · 1
MKL1 → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes2KVU, 2KW9
BioGPS · 1
MKL1 → More reference expression data
Databases · 1
MKL1 → NCBI: entry; OMA: entry

Important terminology

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Important terminology

bp gene chr human band transcription chromosome 22 mrtfa factor myocardin protein also leukemia related location nucleus mouse translocation mkl

MKL1 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 75 structured relationships around MKL1. Examples in this analysis include MKL1 → Aliases → MRTFA, BSAC, MAL, MRTF-A, megakaryoblastic leukemia (translocation) 1, MKL, MKL1, myocardin related transcription factor A and MKL1 → Available structures → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes2KVU, 2KW9. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MKL1AliasesMRTFA, BSAC, MAL, MRTF-A, megakaryoblastic leukemia (translocation) 1, MKL, MKL1, myocardin related transcription factor A1.00infobox
MKL1Available structuresAvailable structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes2KVU, 2KW91.00infobox
MKL1Band22q13.1-q13.21.00infobox
MKL1Band15|15 E11.00infobox
MKL1Bgeemonocyte1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeegranulocyte1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeepopliteal artery1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeetibial arteries1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeeright testis1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeebone marrow cell1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeeleft testis1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeebody of uterus1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeeblood1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeestromal cell of endometrium1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeelayer of dentate gyrus1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeegranular layer of dentate gyrus1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeeolfactory tubercle1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeepyramidal layer of hippocampus1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeemesenteric lymph nodes1.00infobox
MKL1BgeeIleal epithelium1.00infobox
MKL1Bgeedentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell1.00infobox
MKL1BgeeCA3 field1.00infobox
MKL1BioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
MKL1Chr.Chromosome 22 (human)1.00infobox
MKL1Chr.Chromosome 15 (mouse)1.00infobox
MKL1DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
MKL1End40,636,719 bp1.00infobox
MKL1End81,074,958 bp1.00infobox
MKL1EnsemblENSG000001965881.00infobox
MKL1Entrez575911.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around MKL1 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Clinical, Mrtfa and Myocardin. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • gene
    • Location
    • Mrtfa
    • Chromosome
    • Human
    • Transcription
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • 1-q13
    • End
    • Function
    • Megakaryoblastic
    • Mkl
  • serum response factor
    • Transcription
    • Megakaryoblastic
    • Mkl
    • Leukemia
    • Mrtfa
    • Myocardin
    • Related
    • Mkl1
    • Gene
    • 1-q13
    • Cell
    • Clinical
  • function
    • Search
    • Location
    • Mrtfa
    • Actin
    • Chromosome
    • Cytoplasm
    • Human
    • Transcription
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Gene
    • 1-q13
  • acute megakaryocytic leukemia
    • Megakaryoblastic
    • Mkl
    • Also
    • Mrtfa
    • Myocardin
    • Related
    • Translocation
    • Factor
    • Mkl1
    • Transcription
    • Gene
    • 1-q13
  • protein
    • Actin
    • Cytoplasm
    • Transcription
    • Cell
    • Domain
    • End
    • Expression
    • Function
    • Mouse
    • Nucleus
    • Search
    • Smooth
  • clinical significance
    • Mkl1
    • 1-q13
    • Function
    • Megakaryoblastic
    • Mkl
    • Search
    • Leukemia
    • Location
    • Mrtfa
    • Myocardin
    • Related
    • Translocation
  • MKL1
    • Clinical
    • Mrtfa
    • Myocardin
    • Related
    • Transcription
    • 1-q13
    • Expression
    • Function
    • Protein
    • Search
    • Location
    • Translocation
  • mkl1
    • Clinical
    • Mrtfa
    • Myocardin
    • Related
    • Transcription
    • 1-q13
    • Expression
    • Function
    • Protein
    • Search
    • Location
    • Translocation

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For MKL1, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects MKL1 with Function. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
MKL1 — Function · splits 6 ⟂ 4
MKL1 — Overview · splits 7 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

MKL1

Nodes10
Edges9
Triples75
Avg. degree1.8
Density0.2
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around MKL1 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Function, Clinical significance & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — MKL1 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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