Table 1.

Binding Partners of Mafs

Mafs	Binding Partners	References
Large Mafs
c-Maf	c-Maf	Civil et al., 200270
	MafB	Hale et al., 200049
	Nrl	Kerppola and Curran, 199420
	Jun	Kerppola and Curran, 199420
	Fos	Kerppola and Curran, 199420
	TBP	Friedman et al., 200432
	CBP/p300	Chen et al., 200233
MafA	MafA	Benkhelifa et al., 199837
	c-Jun	Benkhelifa et al., 199837
	TBP	Friedman et al., 200432
MafB	c-Maf	Civil et al., 200270
	MafB	Kataoka et al., 199417
	Fos	Kataoka et al., 199417
Nrl	c-Maf	Kerppola and Curran, 199420
	Jun	Kerppola and Curran, 199420
	TBP	Friedman et al., 200432
Small Mafs
MafF	MafF	Kimura et al., 200771
MafG	MafG	Kimura et al., 200771
MafK	MafK	Kataoka et al., 199421
MafF/MafK	Fos	Kataoka et al., 199572
MafG/MafK	p45NF-E2	Toki et al., 199773
MafF	Nrf1	Johnsen et al., 199674
MafG	Nrf2	Kimura et al., 200771

Homo- and heterodimers form between Mafs and other bZIP family proteins. Mafs also bind to general transcription factors and coactivators.