Alternative titles; symbols
HGNC Approved Gene Symbol: MOB1B
Cytogenetic location: 4q13.3 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38) : 4:70,901,851-70,988,168 (from NCBI)
Lai et al. (2005) identified a Drosophila protein belonging to the Mob1 superfamily that they termed Mats (Mob as tumor suppressor). By database analysis, they identified 2 human orthologs, MOBKL1B (609281) and MOBKL1A, which they named MATS1 and MATS2, respectively. The MATS2 protein contains 216 amino acids and shares 88% identity with Drosophila Mats.
Lai et al. (2005) described the growth inhibitory functions of Drosophila Mats. Loss of Mats function resulted in increased cell proliferation, defective apoptosis, and induction of tissue overgrowth. Mats physically associated with Lats/Wts kinase (LATS1; 603473) and stimulated its catalytic activity.
Gross (2021) mapped the MOB1B gene to chromosome 4q13.3 based on an alignment of the MOB1B sequence (GenBank BC038112) with the genomic sequence (GRCh38).
Gross, M. B. Personal Communication. Baltimore, Md. 8/17/2021.
Lai, Z.-C., Wei, X., Shimizu, T., Ramos, E., Rohrbaugh, M., Nikolaidis, N., Ho, L.-L., Li, Y. Control of cell proliferation and apoptosis by Mob as tumor suppressor, Mats. Cell 120: 675-685, 2005. [PubMed: 15766530] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2004.12.036]