{"gene":"SMARCD3","run_date":"2026-04-28T20:42:08","timeline":{"discoveries":[{"year":2004,"finding":"Baf60c (SMARCD3) is expressed specifically in heart and somites in the early mouse embryo and mediates physical interactions between cardiac transcription factors (GATA4, Tbx5) and the BAF complex ATPase Brg1, thereby potentiating activation of cardiac target genes; silencing causes defects in anterior/secondary heart field expansion and cardiac/skeletal muscle differentiation.","method":"RNA interference in mouse embryos, cell culture overexpression, co-immunoprecipitation with Brg1 and cardiac transcription factors","journal":"Nature","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — reciprocal Co-IP plus in vivo loss-of-function with defined phenotype, high citation count indicating broad replication","pmids":["15525990"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2003,"finding":"BAF60c1 and BAF60c2 isoforms physically interact with multiple nuclear receptors and transcription factors, are localized primarily in the cell nucleus, and enhance transcriptional activity of PPARγ and RORα1 in a ligand-independent manner by serving as an anchoring point for SWI/SNF complex recruitment.","method":"Yeast two-hybrid screen, co-immunoprecipitation, subcellular fractionation/localization, transcriptional reporter assays","journal":"The Journal of biological chemistry","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — yeast two-hybrid validated by Co-IP plus functional reporter assay, multiple orthogonal methods","pmids":["14701856"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2011,"finding":"BAF60c pre-assembles with MyoD on regulatory elements of MyoD-target genes in myoblasts prior to transcription; p38α kinase phosphorylates BAF60c on a conserved threonine in response to differentiation signals, promoting incorporation of the MyoD-BAF60c complex into a Brg1-based SWI/SNF complex that remodels chromatin and activates muscle gene transcription.","method":"ChIP, co-immunoprecipitation, phosphorylation assays with p38α kinase, siRNA knockdown with transcriptional readouts, mutagenesis of threonine phosphorylation site","journal":"The EMBO journal","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1–2 — kinase assay with mutagenesis, ChIP, and Co-IP providing multiple orthogonal lines of evidence","pmids":["22068056"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2007,"finding":"Baf60c is required for Notch-dependent transcriptional activation and functions to stabilize interactions between activated Notch (NICD) and its DNA-binding partner RBP-J; Brg1 is also required, indicating BAF complexes are key components of nuclear Notch signaling and are essential for establishing left-right asymmetry via Nodal activation at the node.","method":"Baf60c knockdown in mouse embryos (RNAi) and zebrafish, cell culture Notch transcription reporter assays, co-immunoprecipitation of Baf60c with NICD and RBP-J","journal":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — in vivo loss-of-function in two organisms plus Co-IP and transcriptional assays","pmids":["17210915"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2012,"finding":"In response to insulin, BAF60c is phosphorylated at S247 by atypical PKCζ/λ, causing translocation from cytoplasm to nucleus; nuclear BAF60c then directly interacts with phosphorylated/acetylated USF-1 to form the lipoBAF complex, which remodels chromatin and activates lipogenic genes (fatty acid synthase, GPAT), increasing triglyceride levels in vivo.","method":"In vitro kinase assay with PKCζ/λ, subcellular fractionation, co-immunoprecipitation (BAF60c-USF-1), ChIP, mutagenesis of S247, transgenic mouse overexpression","journal":"Molecular cell","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1–2 — kinase assay with site-directed mutagenesis, Co-IP, ChIP, and in vivo transgenic validation","pmids":["23219531"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2013,"finding":"Baf60c (Smarcd3) in skeletal muscle promotes a switch from oxidative to glycolytic myofiber type by inducing Deptor expression through the Baf60c-Six4 transcriptional complex; Deptor then mediates activation of Akt and glycolytic metabolism in a cell-autonomous manner, protecting mice from diet-induced insulin resistance.","method":"Muscle-specific transgenic overexpression, muscle-specific knockout, metabolic phenotyping, co-immunoprecipitation (Baf60c-Six4), siRNA knockdown of Deptor, Akt phosphorylation assays","journal":"Nature medicine","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — transgenic gain- and loss-of-function in vivo with defined metabolic phenotype, Co-IP, and epistasis","pmids":["23563706"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2013,"finding":"SMARCD3/Baf60c expression in epithelial cells induces EMT by upregulating Wnt5a expression; RNAi knockdown of Wnt5a or use of blocking antibody reversed Smarcd3-induced EMT, placing Wnt5a downstream of SMARCD3 in this pathway.","method":"RNAi screen, gain- and loss-of-function in breast cancer cell lines, Wnt5a RNAi and blocking antibody rescue experiments, EpCAM/E-cadherin flow cytometry","journal":"Molecular and cellular biology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — epistasis via rescue experiment and phenotypic knockdown, single lab","pmids":["23716599"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2013,"finding":"Nodal inhibition by Cerberus-1 induces Baf60c expression in multipotent cardiac progenitors (KDR/Flk1+); Baf60c interacts with GATA4 and Tbx5 to direct SWI/SNF complex (via Brg1) to cardiomyogenic loci, mediating developmental opening of chromatin at the Nkx2.5 cardiac enhancer; overexpression of Baf60c rescued Cer1 or Brg1 siRNA-induced deficits, placing Baf60c downstream of Cer1.","method":"siRNA knockdown, ATAC/chromatin accessibility assay at Nkx2.5 enhancer, overexpression rescue, co-immunoprecipitation (Baf60c-GATA4/Tbx5), embryonic stem cell cardiomyogenesis model","journal":"Genes & development","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — epistasis rescue, chromatin accessibility assay, and Co-IP in a well-defined stem cell differentiation system","pmids":["24186978"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2007,"finding":"In zebrafish, Smarcd3 physically interacts with the T-box transcription factor No tail (Ntl/Brachyury), and Smarcd3 overexpression fails to rescue myod expression in ntl mutants; Smarcd3b is the limiting factor that regulates the onset of myogenesis (myod/myf5 expression) downstream of Fgf and Ntl signaling.","method":"Co-immunoprecipitation (Smarcd3-Ntl), overexpression in zebrafish embryos, ntl mutant epistasis analysis, in situ hybridization for myod/myf5","journal":"The Journal of biological chemistry","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — Co-IP plus genetic epistasis in zebrafish, ortholog confirmed by context","pmids":["18056260"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2007,"finding":"BAF60c1 and BAF60c2 physically interact with retinoic acid receptors (RARs) and act as coactivators; this coactivating activity is dependent on SRC1 (a HAT coactivator), demonstrating cooperation between SWI/SNF and histone acetyltransferase complexes in RAR-mediated transcription.","method":"Co-immunoprecipitation, transcriptional reporter assays, SRC1 knockdown epistasis","journal":"Molecular and cellular endocrinology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2–3 — Co-IP and reporter assay with epistasis for SRC1 dependence, single lab","pmids":["17363140"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2008,"finding":"Baf60c is a component of a neural progenitor-specific BAF complex; its overexpression in retinal progenitors keeps them in a proliferative state through interaction with the Notch pathway, and Baf60c expression is lost upon neural differentiation but re-expressed in Müller glia that re-enter the cell cycle.","method":"Immunofluorescence and expression analysis in mouse/human retina, overexpression in retinal progenitors with proliferation readout, Notch pathway interaction assays","journal":"Developmental dynamics","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 — overexpression with phenotypic readout and pathway interaction, single lab","pmids":["18816825"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2012,"finding":"TGFβ1 activates Baf60c transcription via direct binding of SMAD2/3 complexes to the Baf60c promoter; Baf60c then regulates smooth muscle cell (SMC) gene expression through interaction with SRF at CArG box-containing promoter elements; Baf60c knockdown decreases SMC gene expression while ectopic expression is sufficient to commit progenitor cells to SMC fate in the absence of exogenous cytokines.","method":"ChIP (SMAD2/3 at Baf60c promoter, Baf60c at SMC gene promoters), co-immunoprecipitation (Baf60c-SRF), siRNA knockdown, overexpression, in vivo vessel contribution assay","journal":"PloS one","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — ChIP and Co-IP with functional rescue, single lab","pmids":["23110084"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2014,"finding":"Proinflammatory cytokine TNF-α downregulates Baf60c and Deptor in skeletal muscle via ERK activation; ERK inhibition (U0126) rescues Baf60c and Deptor expression and lowers blood glucose in obese mice; transgenic Baf60c rescue in muscle restores Deptor expression and Akt phosphorylation, linking meta-inflammation to the Baf60c/Deptor/Akt pathway.","method":"ERK inhibitor treatment of myotubes and obese mice, transgenic overexpression rescue, Akt phosphorylation western blot, blood glucose measurement","journal":"Diabetes","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — pharmacological inhibitor plus transgenic rescue with molecular readouts, single lab","pmids":["24458360"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2022,"finding":"In vascular smooth muscle cells, BAF60c preserves contractile phenotype by strengthening SRF association with coactivator P300 and the SWI/SNF complex; suppresses NF-κB target gene inflammation by promoting a repressive chromatin state; and prevents apoptosis through transcriptional activation of KLF5-dependent BCL2 expression. VSMC-specific Baf60c knockout aggravated AAA formation in mice.","method":"VSMC-specific Cre-lox knockout, co-immunoprecipitation (SRF-P300-SWI/SNF), ChIP for repressive chromatin marks at NF-κB targets, ChIP for KLF5/BCL2 locus, angiotensin II and elastase AAA models","journal":"The Journal of clinical investigation","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — cell-type-specific KO with defined phenotype plus multiple orthogonal mechanistic assays (Co-IP, ChIP)","pmids":["36066968"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2023,"finding":"SMARCD3 regulates DAB1-mediated Reelin signaling in Purkinje cell migration and medulloblastoma metastasis by orchestrating cis-regulatory elements at the DAB1 locus; increased SMARCD3 activates Reelin-DAB1-Src kinase signaling; EZH2 and NFIX coordinate at the SMARCD3 locus chromatin hub to control SMARCD3 expression.","method":"Integrated genomic/epigenomic analysis, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, in vivo mouse models, Src kinase inhibitor treatment","journal":"Nature cell biology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — ChIP-seq and ATAC-seq with functional in vivo validation, single study","pmids":["36849558"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2023,"finding":"Myofiber Baf60c interacts with Six4 to synergistically suppress myocyte Dkk3 expression; myofiber-specific ablation of Baf60c upregulates secreted Dkk3, which inhibits muscle stem cell differentiation and attenuates muscle regeneration; Dkk3 blockade or Baf60c transgenic expression promotes muscle regeneration.","method":"Myofiber-specific Cre-lox knockout and transgenic overexpression, co-immunoprecipitation (Baf60c-Six4), ChIP at Dkk3 locus, in vivo muscle regeneration assays, Dkk3 knockdown rescue","journal":"The Journal of experimental medicine","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — cell-type-specific KO/transgenic with mechanistic Co-IP and ChIP plus paracrine rescue epistasis","pmids":["37284884"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2025,"finding":"Baf60c physically interacts with the transcription factor Mef2c and modulates chromatin accessibility at proximal promoter regions upstream of the Musclin gene TSS, negatively regulating Musclin expression in skeletal muscle; muscle-specific Baf60c ablation elevates Musclin and inhibits adipose tissue thermogenesis, while overexpression increases thermogenesis via Musclin-mediated muscle-fat crosstalk.","method":"Muscle-specific Cre-lox knockout and transgenic overexpression, co-immunoprecipitation (Baf60c-Mef2c), ATAC-seq at Musclin promoter, in vivo metabolic assays (thermogenesis, glucose metabolism)","journal":"Life metabolism","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — Co-IP with chromatin accessibility data and in vivo metabolic phenotyping with gain- and loss-of-function","pmids":["40585527"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2026,"finding":"BAF60C forms an RNA-protein complex with nucleophosmin (NPM1) and Reg3b mRNA to modulate Reg3b mRNA decay (a non-canonical role distinct from chromatin remodeling); β cell-specific BAF60C deletion aggravates nucleolar stress and islet inflammation by reducing REG3B expression and secretion, impairing β cell-macrophage crosstalk in type 2 diabetes.","method":"β cell-specific Cre-lox knockout and overexpression, RNA immunoprecipitation (BAF60C-NPM1-Reg3b mRNA complex), mRNA stability assays, co-immunoprecipitation (BAF60C-NPM1), islet inflammation and glucose homeostasis assays","journal":"Developmental cell","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1–2 — RNA-IP identifying non-canonical RNA-protein complex with mRNA stability assay, cell-type-specific KO with defined phenotype","pmids":["41806831"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2016,"finding":"Knockdown of Smarcd3/Bap60 (Drosophila ortholog) in endothelial cells increases NF-κB-dependent inflammatory signaling; in mammalian aortic endothelial cells exposed to oscillatory shear stress, smarcd3 expression is reduced and siRNA knockdown of smarcd3 induces endothelial inflammation, identifying it as a mechanosensitive anti-inflammatory gene.","method":"Drosophila RNAi screen (NF-κB reporter readout), siRNA knockdown in mammalian aortic endothelial cells with inflammatory marker readout, oscillatory shear stress in vitro","journal":"Scientific reports","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2–3 — cross-species RNAi screen validated in mammalian cells, single lab","pmids":["27819340"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2023,"finding":"In cervical cancer, the lncRNA UCA1 promotes SMARCD3 ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation, reducing SMARCD3 protein stability; UCA1-SMARCD3 protein interaction was identified by RNA pull-down and RIP, and ubiquitination assays confirmed UCA1-promoted SMARCD3 degradation.","method":"RNA pull-down, RNA immunoprecipitation, ubiquitination assays, co-immunoprecipitation, gain- and loss-of-function in cell lines and xenografts","journal":"Molecular carcinogenesis","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2–3 — multiple biochemical assays (RNA pull-down, RIP, ubiquitination) in single study","pmids":["38116886"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2020,"finding":"BAF60C loss in cardiomyocytes leads to cell cycle defects (increased endoreplication, accumulation of p21 without cell cycle arrest) and unrepaired DNA damage accumulation, identifying SMARCD3 as a regulator of cell cycle checkpoint integrity.","method":"siRNA knockdown in ER+ breast cancer cells, flow cytometry (cell cycle analysis), immunofluorescence (p21, DNA damage markers), microscopy","journal":"Breast cancer research and treatment","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 — KD with defined cellular phenotype, single lab, mechanistic pathway partially characterized","pmids":["33180234"],"is_preprint":false}],"current_model":"SMARCD3/BAF60c is a tissue-specific subunit of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex that serves as a molecular bridge between lineage-specific transcription factors (MyoD, GATA4, TBX5, SRF, Mef2c, nuclear receptors) and the catalytic Brg1-containing BAF complex; its recruitment and nuclear translocation are regulated by post-translational phosphorylation (by p38α on T/BAF60c in myogenesis, by PKCζ/λ on S247 in lipogenesis), and it directs chromatin remodeling at tissue-specific gene loci to control cardiac, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and metabolic differentiation programs, while additionally performing a non-canonical role as an RNA-protein complex component that regulates mRNA decay."},"narrative":{"teleology":[{"year":2003,"claim":"Establishing that BAF60c isoforms serve as a physical link between nuclear receptors and the SWI/SNF complex resolved how tissue-specific transcription factors gain access to chromatin remodeling machinery.","evidence":"Yeast two-hybrid, Co-IP, subcellular fractionation, and transcriptional reporter assays in cell lines","pmids":["14701856"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["No in vivo validation of nuclear receptor coactivation","Structural basis of BAF60c–nuclear receptor interaction unknown"]},{"year":2004,"claim":"Demonstrating that Baf60c is selectively expressed in heart and somites and bridges GATA4/Tbx5 to Brg1 established it as the tissue-restricted subunit specifying cardiac BAF complex identity.","evidence":"RNAi in mouse embryos, Co-IP of Baf60c with GATA4/Tbx5/Brg1, cardiac differentiation assays","pmids":["15525990"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Mechanism of tissue-restricted expression not determined","No conditional knockout at this stage"]},{"year":2007,"claim":"Identifying Baf60c as required for Notch-dependent transcription and left-right asymmetry, and as a Brachyury/Ntl partner in zebrafish myogenesis, broadened BAF60c's known transcription factor repertoire beyond cardiac factors to developmental signaling pathways.","evidence":"RNAi in mouse and zebrafish embryos, Co-IP of Baf60c with NICD/RBP-J and Ntl, Notch reporter and myod/myf5 in situ hybridization","pmids":["17210915","18056260","17363140"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Direct chromatin remodeling at Notch target loci not shown","Functional redundancy with BAF60a/b not addressed"]},{"year":2011,"claim":"Showing that p38α phosphorylation of BAF60c triggers its incorporation into the Brg1 complex on MyoD-bound promoters resolved how signal-dependent post-translational modification gates SWI/SNF recruitment during myogenesis.","evidence":"In vitro kinase assay with p38α, phosphosite mutagenesis, ChIP, Co-IP, siRNA knockdown in myoblasts","pmids":["22068056"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Identity of the phosphorylated threonine residue confirmed but phosphoproteomics not performed in vivo","Downstream chromatin remodeling kinetics not measured"]},{"year":2012,"claim":"Discovery that insulin-stimulated PKCζ/λ phosphorylation at S247 causes BAF60c cytoplasm-to-nucleus translocation to form the lipoBAF complex with USF-1 revealed a second, metabolically regulated phospho-switch controlling lipogenic gene activation.","evidence":"In vitro kinase assay, S247 mutagenesis, subcellular fractionation, Co-IP, ChIP, transgenic mouse overexpression","pmids":["23219531"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Phosphatase responsible for reversing S247 phosphorylation unknown","Structural basis of lipoBAF complex assembly not determined"]},{"year":2012,"claim":"Identifying TGFβ1-SMAD2/3 as direct transcriptional activators of the Baf60c gene, and Baf60c-SRF interaction at CArG boxes as the effector for smooth muscle gene expression, established the upstream induction and downstream mechanism of Baf60c in smooth muscle differentiation.","evidence":"ChIP for SMAD2/3 at Baf60c promoter and Baf60c at SMC promoters, Co-IP with SRF, siRNA and overexpression in progenitor cells","pmids":["23110084"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Single-lab study without independent replication","Contribution of BAF60a/b to SMC gene regulation not excluded"]},{"year":2013,"claim":"Gain- and loss-of-function in skeletal muscle showed BAF60c-Six4 drives Deptor expression to activate Akt and glycolytic metabolism, establishing BAF60c as a metabolic fiber-type determinant and linking it to insulin sensitivity.","evidence":"Muscle-specific transgenic and knockout mice, Co-IP (Baf60c-Six4), Deptor siRNA epistasis, metabolic phenotyping","pmids":["23563706"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Direct chromatin remodeling at Deptor locus not shown at this stage","Human relevance not demonstrated"]},{"year":2013,"claim":"Demonstrating that Baf60c-GATA4/Tbx5 opens chromatin at the Nkx2.5 enhancer downstream of Cerberus-1/Nodal inhibition provided the first direct evidence of BAF60c-mediated chromatin accessibility changes at a specific cardiac locus.","evidence":"Chromatin accessibility assay at Nkx2.5 enhancer, Co-IP, siRNA and overexpression rescue in ESC cardiomyogenesis","pmids":["24186978"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Genome-wide accessibility changes not profiled","Temporal dynamics of BAF60c recruitment versus chromatin opening not resolved"]},{"year":2014,"claim":"Connecting TNFα-ERK signaling to Baf60c downregulation and subsequent Deptor/Akt pathway suppression linked meta-inflammation to BAF60c-dependent metabolic dysfunction in obesity.","evidence":"ERK inhibitor rescue in myotubes and obese mice, transgenic Baf60c overexpression rescue","pmids":["24458360"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Direct ERK-mediated transcriptional repression mechanism at Baf60c locus not defined","Single-lab study"]},{"year":2022,"claim":"VSMC-specific Baf60c knockout aggravating abdominal aortic aneurysm formation, combined with mechanistic evidence of SRF-P300-SWI/SNF coactivation, NF-κB repression, and KLF5-BCL2 anti-apoptotic signaling, established BAF60c as a multifunctional guardian of the contractile VSMC phenotype.","evidence":"VSMC-specific Cre-lox KO, Co-IP (SRF-P300-SWI/SNF), ChIP for repressive marks at NF-κB targets and KLF5/BCL2 locus, AAA disease models","pmids":["36066968"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Whether BAF60c directly recruits repressive machinery to NF-κB targets or acts indirectly not fully resolved","Human vascular tissue validation not performed"]},{"year":2023,"claim":"Identifying BAF60c-Six4-mediated suppression of secreted Dkk3 as a myofiber-to-stem-cell paracrine signal controlling muscle regeneration revealed a non-cell-autonomous role for BAF60c in the muscle stem cell niche.","evidence":"Myofiber-specific KO and transgenic, Co-IP (Baf60c-Six4), ChIP at Dkk3 locus, Dkk3 knockdown rescue in vivo","pmids":["37284884"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Direct chromatin remodeling at Dkk3 regulatory elements not shown","Relevance to human muscle regeneration not tested"]},{"year":2025,"claim":"Demonstrating that BAF60c-Mef2c interaction modulates chromatin accessibility at the Musclin promoter and controls muscle-to-adipose thermogenic crosstalk expanded BAF60c's metabolic role to inter-organ endocrine communication.","evidence":"Muscle-specific KO and transgenic, Co-IP (Baf60c-Mef2c), ATAC-seq at Musclin promoter, in vivo thermogenesis assays","pmids":["40585527"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Musclin receptor signaling in adipose tissue not characterized in this study","Whether Mef2c is uniquely required or redundant with other MEF2 family members not tested"]},{"year":2026,"claim":"Discovery that BAF60c forms an RNA-protein complex with NPM1 to stabilize Reg3b mRNA in β cells established a non-canonical, chromatin-independent function for BAF60c in post-transcriptional gene regulation and islet inflammation.","evidence":"β cell-specific KO, RNA immunoprecipitation (BAF60c-NPM1-Reg3b mRNA), mRNA stability assays, Co-IP (BAF60c-NPM1)","pmids":["41806831"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Whether BAF60c binds RNA directly or only through NPM1 not resolved","Scope of BAF60c RNA targets beyond Reg3b unknown","Structural basis of the BAF60c-NPM1-mRNA complex not determined"]},{"year":null,"claim":"Key unresolved questions include the structural basis of BAF60c-transcription factor selectivity, the genome-wide landscape of BAF60c-dependent chromatin remodeling events across tissues, potential functional redundancy with BAF60a/BAF60b, and the full extent of its non-canonical RNA-regulatory functions.","evidence":"","pmids":[],"confidence":"Low","gaps":["No high-resolution structure of BAF60c in complex with any partner","No systematic genome-wide comparison of BAF60c versus BAF60a/b occupancy","Full RNA-binding transcriptome not defined"]}],"mechanism_profile":{"molecular_activity":[{"term_id":"GO:0140110","term_label":"transcription regulator activity","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,1,2,4,5,7,11,13,16]},{"term_id":"GO:0060090","term_label":"molecular adaptor activity","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,2,4,7,11]},{"term_id":"GO:0003723","term_label":"RNA binding","supporting_discovery_ids":[17]}],"localization":[{"term_id":"GO:0005634","term_label":"nucleus","supporting_discovery_ids":[1,2,4,7]},{"term_id":"GO:0005829","term_label":"cytosol","supporting_discovery_ids":[4]},{"term_id":"GO:0005694","term_label":"chromosome","supporting_discovery_ids":[2,7]}],"pathway":[{"term_id":"R-HSA-4839726","term_label":"Chromatin organization","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,2,4,7,13,16]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-74160","term_label":"Gene expression (Transcription)","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,1,2,5,11,13,15,16]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-1266738","term_label":"Developmental Biology","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,3,7,8,10]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-162582","term_label":"Signal Transduction","supporting_discovery_ids":[3,4,14]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-1430728","term_label":"Metabolism","supporting_discovery_ids":[4,5,12,16]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-8953854","term_label":"Metabolism of RNA","supporting_discovery_ids":[17]}],"complexes":["SWI/SNF (BAF) complex","lipoBAF complex"],"partners":["BRG1","GATA4","TBX5","MYOD1","SRF","SIX4","MEF2C","NPM1"],"other_free_text":[]},"mechanistic_narrative":"SMARCD3 (BAF60c) is a tissue-specific subunit of the SWI/SNF (BAF) chromatin-remodeling complex that functions as a molecular bridge between lineage-specific transcription factors and the Brg1 ATPase, directing chromatin remodeling at target gene loci to control cardiac, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and metabolic differentiation programs. It physically interacts with transcription factors including GATA4, TBX5, MyoD, SRF, Mef2c, Six4, nuclear receptors, and Notch intracellular domain, recruiting the BAF complex to their cognate regulatory elements to activate tissue-specific transcription [PMID:15525990, PMID:14701856, PMID:22068056, PMID:23110084, PMID:36066968, PMID:40585527]. Its activity is regulated by signal-dependent phosphorylation—p38α-mediated phosphorylation promotes BAF60c incorporation into the Brg1 complex during myogenesis, while PKCζ/λ-mediated S247 phosphorylation triggers nuclear translocation and lipogenic gene activation [PMID:22068056, PMID:23219531]. Beyond chromatin remodeling, BAF60c performs a non-canonical role as part of an RNA–protein complex with nucleophosmin (NPM1) that regulates Reg3b mRNA stability, controlling β-cell–macrophage crosstalk in pancreatic islets [PMID:41806831]."},"prefetch_data":{"uniprot":{"accession":"Q6STE5","full_name":"SWI/SNF-related matrix-associated actin-dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily D member 3","aliases":["60 kDa BRG-1/Brm-associated factor subunit C","BRG1-associated factor 60C","BAF60C"],"length_aa":483,"mass_kda":55.0,"function":"Involved in transcriptional activation and repression of select genes by chromatin remodeling (alteration of DNA-nucleosome topology). Component of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes that carry out key enzymatic activities, changing chromatin structure by altering DNA-histone contacts within a nucleosome in an ATP-dependent manner. Stimulates nuclear receptor mediated transcription. Belongs to the neural progenitors-specific chromatin remodeling complex (npBAF complex) and the neuron-specific chromatin remodeling complex (nBAF complex). During neural development a switch from a stem/progenitor to a postmitotic chromatin remodeling mechanism occurs as neurons exit the cell cycle and become committed to their adult state. The transition from proliferating neural stem/progenitor cells to postmitotic neurons requires a switch in subunit composition of the npBAF and nBAF complexes. As neural progenitors exit mitosis and differentiate into neurons, npBAF complexes which contain ACTL6A/BAF53A and PHF10/BAF45A, are exchanged for homologous alternative ACTL6B/BAF53B and DPF1/BAF45B or DPF3/BAF45C subunits in neuron-specific complexes (nBAF). The npBAF complex is essential for the self-renewal/proliferative capacity of the multipotent neural stem cells. 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ERK inhibition (U0126) rescues Baf60c and Deptor expression and lowers blood glucose in obese mice; transgenic Baf60c rescue in muscle restores Deptor expression and Akt phosphorylation, linking meta-inflammation to the Baf60c/Deptor/Akt pathway.\",\n      \"method\": \"ERK inhibitor treatment of myotubes and obese mice, transgenic overexpression rescue, Akt phosphorylation western blot, blood glucose measurement\",\n      \"journal\": \"Diabetes\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — pharmacological inhibitor plus transgenic rescue with molecular readouts, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"24458360\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2022,\n      \"finding\": \"In vascular smooth muscle cells, BAF60c preserves contractile phenotype by strengthening SRF association with coactivator P300 and the SWI/SNF complex; suppresses NF-κB target gene inflammation by promoting a repressive chromatin state; and prevents apoptosis through transcriptional activation of KLF5-dependent BCL2 expression. VSMC-specific Baf60c knockout aggravated AAA formation in mice.\",\n      \"method\": \"VSMC-specific Cre-lox knockout, co-immunoprecipitation (SRF-P300-SWI/SNF), ChIP for repressive chromatin marks at NF-κB targets, ChIP for KLF5/BCL2 locus, angiotensin II and elastase AAA models\",\n      \"journal\": \"The Journal of clinical investigation\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — cell-type-specific KO with defined phenotype plus multiple orthogonal mechanistic assays (Co-IP, ChIP)\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"36066968\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2023,\n      \"finding\": \"SMARCD3 regulates DAB1-mediated Reelin signaling in Purkinje cell migration and medulloblastoma metastasis by orchestrating cis-regulatory elements at the DAB1 locus; increased SMARCD3 activates Reelin-DAB1-Src kinase signaling; EZH2 and NFIX coordinate at the SMARCD3 locus chromatin hub to control SMARCD3 expression.\",\n      \"method\": \"Integrated genomic/epigenomic analysis, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, in vivo mouse models, Src kinase inhibitor treatment\",\n      \"journal\": \"Nature cell biology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — ChIP-seq and ATAC-seq with functional in vivo validation, single study\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"36849558\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2023,\n      \"finding\": \"Myofiber Baf60c interacts with Six4 to synergistically suppress myocyte Dkk3 expression; myofiber-specific ablation of Baf60c upregulates secreted Dkk3, which inhibits muscle stem cell differentiation and attenuates muscle regeneration; Dkk3 blockade or Baf60c transgenic expression promotes muscle regeneration.\",\n      \"method\": \"Myofiber-specific Cre-lox knockout and transgenic overexpression, co-immunoprecipitation (Baf60c-Six4), ChIP at Dkk3 locus, in vivo muscle regeneration assays, Dkk3 knockdown rescue\",\n      \"journal\": \"The Journal of experimental medicine\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — cell-type-specific KO/transgenic with mechanistic Co-IP and ChIP plus paracrine rescue epistasis\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"37284884\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2025,\n      \"finding\": \"Baf60c physically interacts with the transcription factor Mef2c and modulates chromatin accessibility at proximal promoter regions upstream of the Musclin gene TSS, negatively regulating Musclin expression in skeletal muscle; muscle-specific Baf60c ablation elevates Musclin and inhibits adipose tissue thermogenesis, while overexpression increases thermogenesis via Musclin-mediated muscle-fat crosstalk.\",\n      \"method\": \"Muscle-specific Cre-lox knockout and transgenic overexpression, co-immunoprecipitation (Baf60c-Mef2c), ATAC-seq at Musclin promoter, in vivo metabolic assays (thermogenesis, glucose metabolism)\",\n      \"journal\": \"Life metabolism\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — Co-IP with chromatin accessibility data and in vivo metabolic phenotyping with gain- and loss-of-function\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"40585527\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2026,\n      \"finding\": \"BAF60C forms an RNA-protein complex with nucleophosmin (NPM1) and Reg3b mRNA to modulate Reg3b mRNA decay (a non-canonical role distinct from chromatin remodeling); β cell-specific BAF60C deletion aggravates nucleolar stress and islet inflammation by reducing REG3B expression and secretion, impairing β cell-macrophage crosstalk in type 2 diabetes.\",\n      \"method\": \"β cell-specific Cre-lox knockout and overexpression, RNA immunoprecipitation (BAF60C-NPM1-Reg3b mRNA complex), mRNA stability assays, co-immunoprecipitation (BAF60C-NPM1), islet inflammation and glucose homeostasis assays\",\n      \"journal\": \"Developmental cell\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1–2 — RNA-IP identifying non-canonical RNA-protein complex with mRNA stability assay, cell-type-specific KO with defined phenotype\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"41806831\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2016,\n      \"finding\": \"Knockdown of Smarcd3/Bap60 (Drosophila ortholog) in endothelial cells increases NF-κB-dependent inflammatory signaling; in mammalian aortic endothelial cells exposed to oscillatory shear stress, smarcd3 expression is reduced and siRNA knockdown of smarcd3 induces endothelial inflammation, identifying it as a mechanosensitive anti-inflammatory gene.\",\n      \"method\": \"Drosophila RNAi screen (NF-κB reporter readout), siRNA knockdown in mammalian aortic endothelial cells with inflammatory marker readout, oscillatory shear stress in vitro\",\n      \"journal\": \"Scientific reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2–3 — cross-species RNAi screen validated in mammalian cells, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"27819340\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2023,\n      \"finding\": \"In cervical cancer, the lncRNA UCA1 promotes SMARCD3 ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation, reducing SMARCD3 protein stability; UCA1-SMARCD3 protein interaction was identified by RNA pull-down and RIP, and ubiquitination assays confirmed UCA1-promoted SMARCD3 degradation.\",\n      \"method\": \"RNA pull-down, RNA immunoprecipitation, ubiquitination assays, co-immunoprecipitation, gain- and loss-of-function in cell lines and xenografts\",\n      \"journal\": \"Molecular carcinogenesis\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2–3 — multiple biochemical assays (RNA pull-down, RIP, ubiquitination) in single study\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"38116886\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"finding\": \"BAF60C loss in cardiomyocytes leads to cell cycle defects (increased endoreplication, accumulation of p21 without cell cycle arrest) and unrepaired DNA damage accumulation, identifying SMARCD3 as a regulator of cell cycle checkpoint integrity.\",\n      \"method\": \"siRNA knockdown in ER+ breast cancer cells, flow cytometry (cell cycle analysis), immunofluorescence (p21, DNA damage markers), microscopy\",\n      \"journal\": \"Breast cancer research and treatment\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 3 — KD with defined cellular phenotype, single lab, mechanistic pathway partially characterized\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"33180234\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    }\n  ],\n  \"current_model\": \"SMARCD3/BAF60c is a tissue-specific subunit of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex that serves as a molecular bridge between lineage-specific transcription factors (MyoD, GATA4, TBX5, SRF, Mef2c, nuclear receptors) and the catalytic Brg1-containing BAF complex; its recruitment and nuclear translocation are regulated by post-translational phosphorylation (by p38α on T/BAF60c in myogenesis, by PKCζ/λ on S247 in lipogenesis), and it directs chromatin remodeling at tissue-specific gene loci to control cardiac, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and metabolic differentiation programs, while additionally performing a non-canonical role as an RNA-protein complex component that regulates mRNA decay.\"\n}\n```","stage2_raw":"```json\n{\n  \"mechanistic_narrative\": \"SMARCD3 (BAF60c) is a tissue-specific subunit of the SWI/SNF (BAF) chromatin-remodeling complex that functions as a molecular bridge between lineage-specific transcription factors and the Brg1 ATPase, directing chromatin remodeling at target gene loci to control cardiac, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and metabolic differentiation programs. It physically interacts with transcription factors including GATA4, TBX5, MyoD, SRF, Mef2c, Six4, nuclear receptors, and Notch intracellular domain, recruiting the BAF complex to their cognate regulatory elements to activate tissue-specific transcription [PMID:15525990, PMID:14701856, PMID:22068056, PMID:23110084, PMID:36066968, PMID:40585527]. Its activity is regulated by signal-dependent phosphorylation—p38α-mediated phosphorylation promotes BAF60c incorporation into the Brg1 complex during myogenesis, while PKCζ/λ-mediated S247 phosphorylation triggers nuclear translocation and lipogenic gene activation [PMID:22068056, PMID:23219531]. Beyond chromatin remodeling, BAF60c performs a non-canonical role as part of an RNA–protein complex with nucleophosmin (NPM1) that regulates Reg3b mRNA stability, controlling β-cell–macrophage crosstalk in pancreatic islets [PMID:41806831].\",\n  \"teleology\": [\n    {\n      \"year\": 2003,\n      \"claim\": \"Establishing that BAF60c isoforms serve as a physical link between nuclear receptors and the SWI/SNF complex resolved how tissue-specific transcription factors gain access to chromatin remodeling machinery.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Yeast two-hybrid, Co-IP, subcellular fractionation, and transcriptional reporter assays in cell lines\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"14701856\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No in vivo validation of nuclear receptor coactivation\", \"Structural basis of BAF60c–nuclear receptor interaction unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2004,\n      \"claim\": \"Demonstrating that Baf60c is selectively expressed in heart and somites and bridges GATA4/Tbx5 to Brg1 established it as the tissue-restricted subunit specifying cardiac BAF complex identity.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"RNAi in mouse embryos, Co-IP of Baf60c with GATA4/Tbx5/Brg1, cardiac differentiation assays\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"15525990\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Mechanism of tissue-restricted expression not determined\", \"No conditional knockout at this stage\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2007,\n      \"claim\": \"Identifying Baf60c as required for Notch-dependent transcription and left-right asymmetry, and as a Brachyury/Ntl partner in zebrafish myogenesis, broadened BAF60c's known transcription factor repertoire beyond cardiac factors to developmental signaling pathways.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"RNAi in mouse and zebrafish embryos, Co-IP of Baf60c with NICD/RBP-J and Ntl, Notch reporter and myod/myf5 in situ hybridization\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"17210915\", \"18056260\", \"17363140\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Direct chromatin remodeling at Notch target loci not shown\", \"Functional redundancy with BAF60a/b not addressed\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2011,\n      \"claim\": \"Showing that p38α phosphorylation of BAF60c triggers its incorporation into the Brg1 complex on MyoD-bound promoters resolved how signal-dependent post-translational modification gates SWI/SNF recruitment during myogenesis.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"In vitro kinase assay with p38α, phosphosite mutagenesis, ChIP, Co-IP, siRNA knockdown in myoblasts\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"22068056\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Identity of the phosphorylated threonine residue confirmed but phosphoproteomics not performed in vivo\", \"Downstream chromatin remodeling kinetics not measured\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2012,\n      \"claim\": \"Discovery that insulin-stimulated PKCζ/λ phosphorylation at S247 causes BAF60c cytoplasm-to-nucleus translocation to form the lipoBAF complex with USF-1 revealed a second, metabolically regulated phospho-switch controlling lipogenic gene activation.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"In vitro kinase assay, S247 mutagenesis, subcellular fractionation, Co-IP, ChIP, transgenic mouse overexpression\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"23219531\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Phosphatase responsible for reversing S247 phosphorylation unknown\", \"Structural basis of lipoBAF complex assembly not determined\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2012,\n      \"claim\": \"Identifying TGFβ1-SMAD2/3 as direct transcriptional activators of the Baf60c gene, and Baf60c-SRF interaction at CArG boxes as the effector for smooth muscle gene expression, established the upstream induction and downstream mechanism of Baf60c in smooth muscle differentiation.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"ChIP for SMAD2/3 at Baf60c promoter and Baf60c at SMC promoters, Co-IP with SRF, siRNA and overexpression in progenitor cells\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"23110084\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Single-lab study without independent replication\", \"Contribution of BAF60a/b to SMC gene regulation not excluded\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2013,\n      \"claim\": \"Gain- and loss-of-function in skeletal muscle showed BAF60c-Six4 drives Deptor expression to activate Akt and glycolytic metabolism, establishing BAF60c as a metabolic fiber-type determinant and linking it to insulin sensitivity.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Muscle-specific transgenic and knockout mice, Co-IP (Baf60c-Six4), Deptor siRNA epistasis, metabolic phenotyping\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"23563706\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Direct chromatin remodeling at Deptor locus not shown at this stage\", \"Human relevance not demonstrated\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2013,\n      \"claim\": \"Demonstrating that Baf60c-GATA4/Tbx5 opens chromatin at the Nkx2.5 enhancer downstream of Cerberus-1/Nodal inhibition provided the first direct evidence of BAF60c-mediated chromatin accessibility changes at a specific cardiac locus.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Chromatin accessibility assay at Nkx2.5 enhancer, Co-IP, siRNA and overexpression rescue in ESC cardiomyogenesis\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"24186978\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Genome-wide accessibility changes not profiled\", \"Temporal dynamics of BAF60c recruitment versus chromatin opening not resolved\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2014,\n      \"claim\": \"Connecting TNFα-ERK signaling to Baf60c downregulation and subsequent Deptor/Akt pathway suppression linked meta-inflammation to BAF60c-dependent metabolic dysfunction in obesity.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"ERK inhibitor rescue in myotubes and obese mice, transgenic Baf60c overexpression rescue\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"24458360\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Direct ERK-mediated transcriptional repression mechanism at Baf60c locus not defined\", \"Single-lab study\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2022,\n      \"claim\": \"VSMC-specific Baf60c knockout aggravating abdominal aortic aneurysm formation, combined with mechanistic evidence of SRF-P300-SWI/SNF coactivation, NF-κB repression, and KLF5-BCL2 anti-apoptotic signaling, established BAF60c as a multifunctional guardian of the contractile VSMC phenotype.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"VSMC-specific Cre-lox KO, Co-IP (SRF-P300-SWI/SNF), ChIP for repressive marks at NF-κB targets and KLF5/BCL2 locus, AAA disease models\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"36066968\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Whether BAF60c directly recruits repressive machinery to NF-κB targets or acts indirectly not fully resolved\", \"Human vascular tissue validation not performed\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2023,\n      \"claim\": \"Identifying BAF60c-Six4-mediated suppression of secreted Dkk3 as a myofiber-to-stem-cell paracrine signal controlling muscle regeneration revealed a non-cell-autonomous role for BAF60c in the muscle stem cell niche.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Myofiber-specific KO and transgenic, Co-IP (Baf60c-Six4), ChIP at Dkk3 locus, Dkk3 knockdown rescue in vivo\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"37284884\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Direct chromatin remodeling at Dkk3 regulatory elements not shown\", \"Relevance to human muscle regeneration not tested\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2025,\n      \"claim\": \"Demonstrating that BAF60c-Mef2c interaction modulates chromatin accessibility at the Musclin promoter and controls muscle-to-adipose thermogenic crosstalk expanded BAF60c's metabolic role to inter-organ endocrine communication.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Muscle-specific KO and transgenic, Co-IP (Baf60c-Mef2c), ATAC-seq at Musclin promoter, in vivo thermogenesis assays\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"40585527\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Musclin receptor signaling in adipose tissue not characterized in this study\", \"Whether Mef2c is uniquely required or redundant with other MEF2 family members not tested\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2026,\n      \"claim\": \"Discovery that BAF60c forms an RNA-protein complex with NPM1 to stabilize Reg3b mRNA in β cells established a non-canonical, chromatin-independent function for BAF60c in post-transcriptional gene regulation and islet inflammation.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"β cell-specific KO, RNA immunoprecipitation (BAF60c-NPM1-Reg3b mRNA), mRNA stability assays, Co-IP (BAF60c-NPM1)\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"41806831\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Whether BAF60c binds RNA directly or only through NPM1 not resolved\", \"Scope of BAF60c RNA targets beyond Reg3b unknown\", \"Structural basis of the BAF60c-NPM1-mRNA complex not determined\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": null,\n      \"claim\": \"Key unresolved questions include the structural basis of BAF60c-transcription factor selectivity, the genome-wide landscape of BAF60c-dependent chromatin remodeling events across tissues, potential functional redundancy with BAF60a/BAF60b, and the full extent of its non-canonical RNA-regulatory functions.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"\",\n      \"pmids\": [],\n      \"confidence\": \"Low\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No high-resolution structure of BAF60c in complex with any partner\", \"No systematic genome-wide comparison of BAF60c versus BAF60a/b occupancy\", \"Full RNA-binding transcriptome not defined\"]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"mechanism_profile\": {\n    \"molecular_activity\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0140110\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 13, 16]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0060090\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 2, 4, 7, 11]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0003723\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [17]}\n    ],\n    \"localization\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005634\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [1, 2, 4, 7]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005829\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [4]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005694\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [2, 7]}\n    ],\n    \"pathway\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-4839726\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 2, 4, 7, 13, 16]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-74160\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1, 2, 5, 11, 13, 15, 16]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-1266738\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 3, 7, 8, 10]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-162582\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [3, 4, 14]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-1430728\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [4, 5, 12, 16]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-8953854\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [17]}\n    ],\n    \"complexes\": [\n      \"SWI/SNF (BAF) complex\",\n      \"lipoBAF complex\"\n    ],\n    \"partners\": [\n      \"BRG1\",\n      \"GATA4\",\n      \"TBX5\",\n      \"MYOD1\",\n      \"SRF\",\n      \"SIX4\",\n      \"MEF2C\",\n      \"NPM1\"\n    ],\n    \"other_free_text\": []\n  }\n}\n```"}