MCM9, Official Symbol MCM9provided by HGNC Official Full Name minichromosome maintenance 9 homologous recombination repair factorprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:21484 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000111877 MIM:610098; AllianceGenome:HGNC:21484 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as ODG4; MCMDC1; C6orf61; dJ329L24.1; dJ329L24.3 Summary The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the mini-chromosome maintenance (MCM) protein family that are essential for the initiation of eukaryotic genome replication. Binding of this protein to chromatin has been shown to be a pre-requisite for recruiting the MCM2-7 helicase to DNA replication origins. This protein also binds, and is a positive regulator of, the chromatin licensing and DNA replication factor 1, CDT1. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2010] Expression Ubiquitous expression in thyroid (RPKM 3.1), lymph node (RPKM 3.0) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all