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TFAM: Function, Interactions & Overview

Mitochondrial transcription factor A, abbreviated as TFAM or mtTFA, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TFAM gene.

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TFAM topic overview

The analysis highlights Function, Interactions and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around TFAM.

Related topics
10
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
13
Extracted relationships
100
Related term clusters
7
Bridge connections
13

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 · 5 topics
Interactions · 3 topics
Overview · 2 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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

Aliases
TFAM, MTTF1, MTTFA, TCF6, TCF6L1, TCF6L2, TCF6L3, transcription factor A, mitochondrial, MTDPS15
Available structures
Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes3FGH, 3TMM, 3TQ6, 4NNU, 4NOD
Band
10q21.1 · 10 B5.3|10 36.83 cM
Bgee
right testis · left testis · secondary oocyte · Achilles tendon · ventricular zone
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Chr.
Chromosome 10 (human) · Chromosome 10 (mouse)

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TFAM
4Mitochondrial · Transcription factor · Embryonic development
6Protein · Gene · High-mobility group

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Overview

Function

Interactions

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Advanced semantic analysis

How TFAM connects Entity context

The extracted context around TFAM shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, TFAM → chromatin binding, cytosol, DNA binding, DNA binding, bending, DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific, DNA-binding transcription factor activity, DNA-dependent DNA replication, heat shock protein binding, mitochondrial matrix, mitochondrial nucleoid, mitochondrial promoter sequence-specific DNA binding, mitochondrial respiratory chain complex assembly, mitochondrial transcription, mitochondrion, mitochondrion organization, nucleus, positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II, positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated, protein binding, protein-containing complex Another extracted example is TFAM → abdominal wall, Achilles tendon, atrioventricular valve, embryo, endocardial cushion, epiblast, ganglionic eminence, germinal epithelium, gonad, left testis, migratory enteric neural crest cell, monocyte, mucosa of sigmoid colon, muscle of thigh, right testis, secondary oocyte, somite, triceps brachii muscle, ventricular zone. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

TFAM

Top relations

Gene ontology · 29
TFAM → chromatin binding, cytosol, DNA binding, DNA binding, bending, DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific, DNA-binding transcription factor activity, DNA-dependent DNA replication, heat shock protein binding, mitochondrial matrix, mitochondrial nucleoid, mitochondrial promoter sequence-specific DNA binding, mitochondrial respiratory chain complex assembly, mitochondrial transcription, mitochondrion, mitochondrion organization, nucleus, positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II, positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated, protein binding, protein-containing complex
Bgee · 19
TFAM → abdominal wall, Achilles tendon, atrioventricular valve, embryo, endocardial cushion, epiblast, ganglionic eminence, germinal epithelium, gonad, left testis, migratory enteric neural crest cell, monocyte, mucosa of sigmoid colon, muscle of thigh, right testis, secondary oocyte, somite, triceps brachii muscle, ventricular zone
RNA expression pattern · 19
TFAM → abdominal wall, Achilles tendon, atrioventricular valve, embryo, endocardial cushion, epiblast, ganglionic eminence, germinal epithelium, gonad, left testis, migratory enteric neural crest cell, monocyte, mucosa of sigmoid colon, muscle of thigh, right testis, secondary oocyte, somite, triceps brachii muscle, ventricular zone
related to Function · 7
TFAM → Abf2, DNA, DNA-binding, High-mobility, Kearns, Sayre, Studies
Band · 2
TFAM → 10 B5.3|10 36.83 cM, 10q21.1
Chr. · 2
TFAM → Chromosome 10 (human), Chromosome 10 (mouse)
End · 2
TFAM → 58,399,220 bp, 71,074,110 bp
related to Interactions · 2
TFAM → TFB1M, TFB2M
Aliases · 1
TFAM → TFAM, MTTF1, MTTFA, TCF6, TCF6L1, TCF6L2, TCF6L3, transcription factor A, mitochondrial, MTDPS15
Available structures · 1
TFAM → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes3FGH, 3TMM, 3TQ6, 4NNU, 4NOD

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Important terminology

mitochondrial gene transcription bp chr human band factor chromosome 10 protein mouse location genome bending mttfa function external pdb uniprot

TFAM relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 100 structured relationships around TFAM. Examples in this analysis include TFAM → Aliases → TFAM, MTTF1, MTTFA, TCF6, TCF6L1, TCF6L2, TCF6L3, transcription factor A, mitochondrial, MTDPS15 and TFAM → Available structures → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes3FGH, 3TMM, 3TQ6, 4NNU, 4NOD. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TFAMAliasesTFAM, MTTF1, MTTFA, TCF6, TCF6L1, TCF6L2, TCF6L3, transcription factor A, mitochondrial, MTDPS151.00infobox
TFAMAvailable structuresAvailable structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes3FGH, 3TMM, 3TQ6, 4NNU, 4NOD1.00infobox
TFAMBand10q21.11.00infobox
TFAMBand10 B5.3|10 36.83 cM1.00infobox
TFAMBgeeright testis1.00infobox
TFAMBgeeleft testis1.00infobox
TFAMBgeesecondary oocyte1.00infobox
TFAMBgeeAchilles tendon1.00infobox
TFAMBgeeventricular zone1.00infobox
TFAMBgeemonocyte1.00infobox
TFAMBgeegerminal epithelium1.00infobox
TFAMBgeeganglionic eminence1.00infobox
TFAMBgeemucosa of sigmoid colon1.00infobox
TFAMBgeegonad1.00infobox
TFAMBgeeendocardial cushion1.00infobox
TFAMBgeeatrioventricular valve1.00infobox
TFAMBgeeabdominal wall1.00infobox
TFAMBgeeembryo1.00infobox
TFAMBgeesomite1.00infobox
TFAMBgeemigratory enteric neural crest cell1.00infobox
TFAMBgeeepiblast1.00infobox
TFAMBgeemuscle of thigh1.00infobox
TFAMBgeetriceps brachii muscle1.00infobox
TFAMBioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
TFAMChr.Chromosome 10 (human)1.00infobox
TFAMChr.Chromosome 10 (mouse)1.00infobox
TFAMDatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
TFAMEnd58,399,220 bp1.00infobox
TFAMEnd71,074,110 bp1.00infobox
TFAMEnsemblENSG000001080641.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around TFAM bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Transcription, Protein and Genome. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • TFAM
    • Transcription
    • Protein
    • Genome
    • Activity
    • Binding
    • Dna
    • Dna-binding
    • Function
    • Mttfa
    • Promoter
    • Search
    • Bending
  • tfam
    • Transcription
    • Protein
    • Genome
    • Activity
    • Binding
    • Dna
    • Dna-binding
    • Function
    • Mttfa
    • Promoter
    • Search
    • Bending
  • protein
    • Dna-binding
    • Bending
    • Tfam
    • Transcription
    • Activity
    • B5
    • Binding
    • Dna
    • End
    • Expression
    • Function
    • Muscle
  • gene
    • Location
    • Mouse
    • Chromosome
    • Human
    • Mitochondrial
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • B5
    • End
    • Expression
    • Function
    • Mttfa
  • mitochondrial
    • Transcription
    • Factor
    • Genome
    • Tfam
    • Gene
    • Activity
    • Available
    • Binding
    • Dna
    • Function
    • Mttfa
    • Pdb
  • transcription factor
    • Transcription
    • Available
    • Function
    • Mitochondrial
    • Mttfa
    • Pdb
    • Q00059
    • Search
    • Uniprot
    • Gene
    • Location
    • Protein
  • function
    • Search
    • Location
    • Chromosome
    • Human
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Activity
    • Available
    • B5
    • Binding
    • Dna
    • Dna-binding

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For TFAM, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects TFAM 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
TFAM — Function · splits 8 ⟂ 6
TFAM — Interactions · splits 10 ⟂ 4
TFAM — Overview · splits 11 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

TFAM

Nodes14
Edges13
Triples100
Avg. degree1.86
Density0.142857
Components1

Source & methodology

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

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

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