Gene Information
Gene NameEXP
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length388
Protein NamesMuscleblind-like protein 1 (Triplet-expansion RNA-binding protein)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene AgeNA
Evolutionary StageNA
AlphaFoldDBQ9NR56
Gene CardMBNL1
Uniprot IDQ9NR56
PfamPF00642
In ASDno
Allosteric PredictionNA
Ortholog in AnimalsNA
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityHighly expressed in cardiac, skeletal muscle and during myoblast differentiation. Weakly expressed in other tissues (at protein level). Expressed in heart, brain, placenta, lung, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney and pancreas. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10970838, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11929853}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 3D2N  (X-ray  2.70A  3D2Q  (X-ray  1.50A  3D2S  (X-ray  1.70A  5U6H  (NMR  5U6L  (NMR  5U9B  (NMR 
DBSNP rs185894411 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10970838, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11590133, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11929853}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18335541}. Cytoplasmic granule {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18335541}. Note=Localized with DDX1, TIAL1 and YBX1 in stress granules upon stress (PubMed:18335541). Localized in the cytoplasm of multinucleated myotubes (PubMed:18335541). Colocalizes with nuclear foci of retained expanded-repeat transcripts in myotubes from patients affected by myotonic dystrophy (PubMed:10970838, PubMed:11590133, PubMed:11929853).
Mouse PG classificationNA
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