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TCEAL6
transcription elongation factor A like 6
Chromosome X · Xq22.1
NCBI Gene: 158931Ensembl: ENSG00000204071.11HGNC: HGNC:24553UniProt: Q6IPX3
9PubMed Papers
13Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
FUNCTIONAL ROLE
Transcription Factor
DATA QUALITY
✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
nucleusneurodegenerative diseaseAlzheimer diseaseuterine leiomyosarcomairritable bowel syndrome
✦AI Summary

TCEAL6 (transcription elongation factor A like 6) is an X-linked gene with probable roles in transcriptional regulation and tumor suppression. In cervical cancer, TCEAL6 functions as a tumor suppressor; its overexpression significantly inhibits cell proliferation, migration, and invasion while promoting apoptosis in cervical cancer cell lines 1. TCEAL6 expression is suppressed through a regulatory pathway where the circular RNA hsa_circ_0101119 recruits the protein EIF4A3 to inhibit TCEAL6 transcription, promoting cervical cancer progression 1. Beyond cervical cancer, TCEAL6 has been identified as a hub gene shared between Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis, suggesting involvement in neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative processes 2. In colorectal cancer, TCEAL6 harbors mutation hotspots in microsatellite-unstable tumors, indicating potential oncogenic alterations 3. Additionally, TCEAL6 functions as a transcription factor regulating collagen genes (COL1A1, COL1A2) during colon adenocarcinoma progression through miRNA-mediated interactions (TCEAL6-miR29B2 axes), affecting patient prognosis 4. These findings suggest TCEAL6 has context-dependent roles in cancer biology and neurodegenerative disease, functioning primarily as a tumor suppressor in cervical cancer while participating in transcriptional networks dysregulated across multiple disease contexts.

Sources cited
1
TCEAL6 overexpression inhibits cervical cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion while promoting apoptosis; TCEAL6 expression is suppressed by hsa_circ_0101119-EIF4A3 interaction
PMID: 34278492
2
TCEAL6 identified as a shared hub gene between Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis with differential expression patterns
PMID: 37848007
3
TCEAL6 contains mutation hotspots in colorectal tumors with microsatellite instability
PMID: 23684749
4
TCEAL6 functions as a transcription factor regulating collagen genes (COL1A1, COL1A2) in colon adenocarcinoma progression through TCEAL6-miR29B2 regulatory axes
PMID: 31612481
⚠Limited data available — This gene has 4 indexed publications. Summary and analysis may be incomplete.
Disease Associationsⓘ13
neurodegenerative diseaseOpen Targets
0.22Weak
Alzheimer diseaseOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
uterine leiomyosarcomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
irritable bowel syndromeOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Down syndromeOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
myeloid sarcomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
small cell lung carcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
cervical cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
nervous system diseaseOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
FibroadenomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
nonpapillary renal cell carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
thyroid cancer, nonmedullary, 1Open Targets
0.00Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
TCEAL1Protein interaction97%BEX3Protein interaction97%TCEAL7Protein interaction97%BEX5Protein interaction72%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Brain
100%
Ovary
16%
Bone Marrow
1%
Lung
0%
Liver
0%
Heart
0%
Gene Interaction Network
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TCEAL6TCEAL1BEX3TCEAL7BEX5
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q6IPX3
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
1.03LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.23Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.45 [0.22–1.03]
RankingsWhere TCEAL6 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #17,470of 20,598
    Most Researched9
  • #10,160of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)1.03
Genes detectedTCEAL6
Sources retrieved4 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
4
1
Exploring Shared Genetic Signatures of Alzheimer's Disease and Multiple Sclerosis: A Bioinformatic Analysis Study.
PMID: 37848007
Eur Neurol · 2023
1.00
2
Identification of candidate oncogenes in human colorectal cancers with microsatellite instability.
PMID: 23684749
Gastroenterology · 2013
0.75
3
Identification of hub genes and construction of transcriptional regulatory network for the progression of colon adenocarcinoma hub genes and TF regulatory network of colon adenocarcinoma.
PMID: 31612481
J Cell Physiol · 2020
0.50
4
hsa_circ_0101119 facilitates the progression of cervical cancer via an interaction with EIF4A3 to inhibit TCEAL6 expression.
PMID: 34278492
Mol Med Rep · 2021
0.25