MED8 - NM_201542 - protein view

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Mutations Visualisation

The Mutations Visualisation needle plot provides a visual summary of the location, frequency and functional significance of all known mutations in your protein of interest. The placement of the pins corresponds to the location along the protein’s sequence, while the mutation impact and PTM associated with it is explained in the figure legend.

- Height (y axis) represents the number of occurrences of the mutation
- Horizontal position (x axis) represents the position along your protein’s amino acid sequence
- Pinhead colour represents the mutation impact (figure legend)
- X axis colouring represents the type of PTM associated with the mutation location (figure legend)

Zooming in/out
Too zoom in/out of a specific amino acid sequence, you can either use the magnifying glass icons below the needle plot, or you can use your mouse scroll wheel while hovering over the needle plot. Furthermore, you can enter a specific amino acid sequence range in the search bar and hit “Go!”

Saving the image
The Mutations Visualisation figure can be saved as an SVG or PDF format by clicking on the “Save image as” button at the top right of the plot.

Tracks
While the x axis of the Mutations Visualization plot indicates the amino acid sequence location, additional positional details are visualized using the tracks found here:

- Sequence track: amino acid sequence of your protein of interest
- Disorder track: (Not sure about this myself)
- Domains track: proteins domains identified in the amino acid sequence
- Mutations track: the specific amino acid substitutions detected at the specific site

If there is a specific region of the amino acid sequence you are interested in, you can zoom onto it using the magnifying glass icons below the Mutations Visualization plot. Alternatively, you can zoom in and out by using your mouse scroll wheel while hovering over the needle plot.

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Protein summary

The protein summary provides brief information regarding your protein, namely: its full name, a brief description of its function, and genomic location of the coding gene.

This is preferred isoform of MED8 protein. View all 3 isoforms

MED8: mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 8 isoform 4

Description:

This gene encodes a protein component of the mediator complex, which aids in transcriptional activation through interaction with RNA polymerase II and gene-specific transcription factors. The encoded protein may also function in ubiquitin ligation and protein degradation. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2013].

Strand: -
Chromosome: 1

Protein: 268 residues
All mutations: 33

PTM sites: 8
CDS: 43,850,712 - 43,855,435
Transcription: 43,849,578 - 43,855,483

31.34% of sequence is predicted to be disordered

External references

RefSeq, Entrez, Uniprot and Enzembl IDs related to your search query.

Mappings retrieved from NCBI & UniProt.

RefSeq RefSeq IDs relevant to your search query.

Entrez: gene: 112950

UniProt All links following an Uniprot accession refer to this accession. Orange icon ( ) next to an accession indicates that the entry belongs to SwissProt: a reviewed subset of Uniprot knowledgebase. Rarely links to external resources may not work. This is common for new or unreviewed ( ) entries.

Ensembl

ENSP00000361535

MED8 (NM_201542) - mediator complex subunit 8

Data Filters

Show only the mutations which affect specific PTM sites and/or in specific populations (updates both the Mutations Visualisation plot and table found on the Sequence View tab, and the PTM Interaction Network Visualisation plot found on the Network View tab)

Legend

Sites

Amino acid sites/regions enriched for mutations affecting post-translational modifications (PTMs).

Others

Protein summary

The protein summary provides brief information regarding your protein, namely: its full name, a brief description of its function, and genomic location of the coding gene.

External references

RefSeq, Entrez, Uniprot and Enzembl IDs related to your search query.

MED8 (NM_201542) - mediator complex subunit 8

Data Filters Show only the mutations which affect specific PTM sites and/or in specific populations (updates both the Mutations Visualisation plot and table found on the Sequence View tab, and the PTM Interaction Network Visualisation plot found on the Network View tab)

Legend

Sites Amino acid sites/regions enriched for mutations affecting post-translational modifications (PTMs).

Others

Protein summary The protein summary provides brief information regarding your protein, namely: its full name, a brief description of its function, and genomic location of the coding gene.

External references RefSeq, Entrez, Uniprot and Enzembl IDs related to your search query.

Data Filters

Show only the mutations which affect specific PTM sites and/or in specific populations (updates both the Mutations Visualisation plot and table found on the Sequence View tab, and the PTM Interaction Network Visualisation plot found on the Network View tab)

Sites

Amino acid sites/regions enriched for mutations affecting post-translational modifications (PTMs).

Protein summary

The protein summary provides brief information regarding your protein, namely: its full name, a brief description of its function, and genomic location of the coding gene.

External references

RefSeq, Entrez, Uniprot and Enzembl IDs related to your search query.