NCIt definition : Human INTS6 wild-type allele is located within 13q14.12-q14.2 and is approximately
92 kb in length. This allele, which encodes integrator complex subunit 6 protein,
may play a role in the regulation of both small nuclear RNA transcription and RNA
polymerase II activity.;
NCIt note : The INTS6 gene encodes a highly conserved protein, which contains both a vWF type
A domain and a DEAD box. A major 4.4-, and a minor 6.9-kb, transcript is expressed
in a wide variety of fetal and adult tissues. DEAD box proteins, characterized by
a conserved Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp (DEAD) motif, are putative RNA helicases that alter RNA
secondary structure and influence translation initiation, nuclear and mitochondrial
splicing, and ribosome and spliceosome assembly. This gene is a candidate tumor suppressor
because it is located in a critical loss of heterozygosity region. Prostate cancers
may exhibit aberrant reduced expression of this gene due to hypermethylation of its
promoter. (Entrez Gene and SwissProt);