{"gene":"SPEN","run_date":"2026-04-28T20:42:08","timeline":{"discoveries":[{"year":2001,"finding":"SHARP (SPEN) was identified as a transcriptional repressor whose repression domain directly interacts with the SMRT corepressor and at least five members of the NuRD complex (including HDAC1 and HDAC2). SHARP also binds the steroid receptor RNA coactivator SRA via an intrinsic RNA binding domain and suppresses SRA-potentiated steroid receptor transcription activity.","method":"Yeast two-hybrid screen, co-immunoprecipitation, direct binding assays, cotransfection repression assays","journal":"Genes & development","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — multiple orthogonal methods (Y2H, Co-IP, functional assays) in a single foundational study","pmids":["11331609"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2002,"finding":"SHARP (SPEN) was identified as an RBP-Jkappa/CBF-1-interacting corepressor in the Notch pathway. SHARP-mediated repression of Notch target genes (e.g., HES-1) was sensitive to HDAC inhibitor TSA, was facilitated by SKIP, and rescued Notch-1-induced inhibition of primary neurogenesis in Xenopus embryos.","method":"Yeast two-hybrid screen, cotransfection reporter assays, HDAC inhibitor treatment, Xenopus embryo rescue experiments","journal":"The EMBO journal","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — multiple orthogonal methods (Y2H, reporter assays, in vivo rescue), replicated in subsequent studies","pmids":["12374742"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2003,"finding":"Crystal structure of the SPOC domain from SHARP (SPEN) at 1.8 Å resolution revealed that conserved surface residues map to a positively charged patch responsible for interaction with a conserved acidic motif at the C terminus of SMRT/NCoR corepressors, defining the essential transcriptional repression function of Spen proteins.","method":"X-ray crystallography (1.8 Å), structure-based mutagenesis, binding assays","journal":"Genes & development","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 — crystal structure with functional mutagenesis validation","pmids":["12897056"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2003,"finding":"MINT (SPEN) competed with the intracellular domain of Notch for binding to RBP-J and suppressed Notch transactivation activity. MINT-deficient mice showed enhanced marginal zone B cell differentiation, consistent with de-repression of Notch signaling.","method":"Competitive binding assays, MINT null mouse genetic analysis, B cell differentiation assays","journal":"Immunity","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — genetic loss-of-function with defined cellular phenotype, combined with binding competition assay","pmids":["12594956"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2005,"finding":"The SHARP repression domain is necessary and sufficient for transcriptional repression in the Notch pathway. CtIP and CtBP corepressors are novel components of the human RBP-Jkappa/SHARP corepressor complex; CtIP binds directly to the SHARP repression domain, and CtBP deficiency abolishes repression of the endogenous Notch target Hey1 promoter.","method":"Domain deletion/mutation assays, GST pulldown, co-immunoprecipitation, chromatin immunoprecipitation, CtBP-deficient cell analysis","journal":"Molecular and cellular biology","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — multiple orthogonal methods including direct binding, ChIP, and genetic loss-of-function","pmids":["16287852"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2005,"finding":"SHARP is a physiological substrate of Pak1 kinase. Pak1 directly phosphorylates SHARP at Ser3486 and Thr3568 within the SHARP repression domain, enhancing SHARP-mediated repression of Notch target genes.","method":"Yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, phosphorylation site mapping, dominant-negative Pak1 and siRNA, reporter assays","journal":"Oncogene","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — phosphorylation site mapping with mutagenesis and functional readout, single lab","pmids":["15824732"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2015,"finding":"SHARP (SPEN) directly interacts with Xist lncRNA and is required for Xist-mediated transcriptional silencing of the inactive X chromosome, exclusion of RNA polymerase II, and recruitment of PRC2. SHARP interacts with the SMRT corepressor, which activates HDAC3, and both SMRT and HDAC3 are required for silencing.","method":"RNA antisense purification with quantitative mass spectrometry (RAP-MS), shRNA knockdown, Pol II ChIP, PRC2 ChIP","journal":"Nature","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — novel RNA-protein purification method combined with ChIP, loss-of-function validation; highly cited foundational study","pmids":["25915022"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2015,"finding":"Spen is genetically required for gene repression by Xist RNA in X chromosome inactivation, identified through forward genetic screening in haploid mouse ESCs. Spen loss did not affect Xist RNA localization or recruitment of Polycomb protein Ezh2.","method":"Forward genetic screen in haploid ESCs, gene deletion, Xist RNA FISH, Ezh2 ChIP","journal":"Cell reports","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — genetic screen with independent validation by gene deletion and multiple readouts","pmids":["26190100"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2015,"finding":"Spen (RBM15 and Wtap) is required for Xist RNA-mediated silencing; Spen co-localizes with Xist RNA within the nuclear matrix subcompartment as shown by super-resolution 3D-SIM microscopy.","method":"Pooled shRNA screen, super-resolution 3D-SIM microscopy, RNA FISH co-localization","journal":"Cell reports","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — pooled screen with validation, super-resolution imaging, replicated with paper 26190100","pmids":["26190105"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2015,"finding":"SPEN functions as a tumor suppressor in ERα-positive breast cancer cells; SPEN binds ERα in a ligand-independent manner and negatively regulates transcription of ERα target genes. SPEN overexpression sensitizes cells to tamoxifen-induced apoptosis.","method":"Co-immunoprecipitation, functional assays (proliferation, tumor growth), microarray pathway analysis, in vitro and in vivo models","journal":"Cancer research","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2-3 — Co-IP for ERα binding, multiple functional assays, single lab","pmids":["26297734"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2017,"finding":"SPEN regulates primary cilia formation and cell migration in breast cancer cells; SPEN knockdown decreased primary cilia levels, and KIF3A silencing (a ciliogenic factor) partially reversed SPEN's effects on migration, suggesting SPEN coordinates cellular movement through primary cilia-dependent mechanisms.","method":"shRNA knockdown, immunofluorescence for primary cilia, cell migration assays, epistasis with KIF3A","journal":"Breast cancer research","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 — loss-of-function with specific phenotype and partial epistasis, single lab","pmids":["28877752"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2019,"finding":"Crystal structure of RBPJ bound to SHARP (SPEN) and DNA revealed the mode of SHARP binding to RBPJ; structure-based RBPJ mutants deficient for SHARP binding were incapable of repressing Notch-responsive transcription in cells.","method":"X-ray crystallography, isothermal titration calorimetry, structure-based mutagenesis, transcriptional reporter assays in cells","journal":"Cell reports","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 — crystal structure with functional mutagenesis validation and cellular reporter assays","pmids":["30673607"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2020,"finding":"SPEN is essential for initiating gene silencing on the X chromosome in preimplantation embryos and ESCs; it is immediately recruited to the X chromosome upon Xist upregulation and targeted to enhancers and promoters of active genes. The SPOC domain is a major effector of gene-silencing, and tethering SPOC to Xist RNA is sufficient to mediate silencing. SPEN's protein partners include NCoR/SMRT, the m6A RNA methylation machinery, NuRD complex, RNA Pol II, and transcription initiation/elongation factors.","method":"Mouse genetic knockouts (preimplantation embryos and ESCs), ChIP-seq, RNA-seq, SPOC domain tethering experiments, mass spectrometry proteomics of SPOC partners","journal":"Nature","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — in vivo genetic knockouts in multiple developmental contexts, domain tethering, structural/functional domain analysis, MS interactome; multiple orthogonal methods","pmids":["32025035"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2020,"finding":"Spen binds to endogenous retroviral (ERV) RNAs that show structural similarity to the A-repeat of Xist through its RRM domains; ERV RNA and Xist A-repeat compete for Spen RRM binding. Loss of Spen activates ERV elements with gain of chromatin accessibility and active histone modifications. Insertion of an ERV into A-repeat-deficient Xist rescues Spen binding and local gene silencing.","method":"CLIP-seq, RRM domain binding assays, ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, Spen KO ESCs, ERV insertion into Xist transgene","journal":"eLife","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — multiple orthogonal methods including direct RNA binding, chromatin profiling, and genetic rescue","pmids":["32379046"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2021,"finding":"SPEN is required for Xist upregulation during initiation of X chromosome inactivation; Spen null female ESCs are defective in Xist upregulation upon differentiation. SPEN-mediated silencing of the Tsix promoter is required for Xist upregulation, and failed Xist upregulation in Spen-/- ESCs can be rescued by concomitant removal of Tsix.","method":"Spen null mouse ESCs, RNA FISH, genetic epistasis (Tsix deletion rescue), differentiation assays","journal":"Nature communications","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — genetic loss-of-function with epistasis rescue, multiple readouts, clear mechanistic pathway placement","pmids":["34853312"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2022,"finding":"Xist drives non-stoichiometric recruitment of SHARP/SPEN to amplify its abundance across the inactive X through concentration-dependent homotypic assemblies of SHARP. This spatial amplification is required for chromosome-wide silencing. Xist also suppresses production of its own RNA through SHARP, constraining Xist levels and restricting its spread beyond the X.","method":"Single-molecule RNA FISH, protein imaging, SHARP domain mutants, Xist expression level manipulation, ChIP-seq","journal":"Nature structural & molecular biology","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — quantitative imaging, functional domain mutants, and mechanistic model validated by multiple approaches","pmids":["35301492"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2022,"finding":"SPEN and Polycomb pathways function in parallel (not sequentially) to establish X-linked gene silencing; a SPEN separation-of-function mutation showed that SPEN also has a role in correct localization of Xist RNA in cis. Differentiation-dependent recruitment of SmcHD1 is additionally required for silencing many X-linked genes.","method":"SPEN separation-of-function mutation, Xist RNA FISH, RNA-seq in differentiating ESCs, SmcHD1 ChIP/genetic analysis","journal":"Cell reports","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — separation-of-function mutant with multiple chromatin and transcriptional readouts, epistasis analysis","pmids":["35584662"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2011,"finding":"MINT (SPEN) forms a high-affinity complex with CSL (RBPJ) in the Notch pathway; isothermal titration calorimetry defined the domains of MINT and CSL necessary and sufficient for complex formation, and the MINT-binding region of CSL inhibited Notch signaling in transcriptional reporter assays.","method":"Isothermal titration calorimetry, domain deletion analysis, transcriptional reporter assays","journal":"The Journal of biological chemistry","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 — quantitative biophysical binding measurement with functional validation","pmids":["21372128"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2024,"finding":"XIST triggers deposition of polycomb-mediated repressive histone modifications and dampens transcription of most X-linked genes in a SPEN-dependent manner during human preimplantation development, demonstrating SPEN is required for both XCI and X chromosome transcriptional dampening.","method":"Naive human ESC knockouts, ChIP-seq (H3K27me3), RNA-seq, genetic epistasis","journal":"Nature structural & molecular biology","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — genetic KO with multiple chromatin and transcriptional readouts in human cells","pmids":["38834912"],"is_preprint":false}],"current_model":"SPEN (SHARP/MINT) is a large RNA-binding transcriptional repressor that acts as a central effector of Xist lncRNA-mediated X chromosome inactivation by directly binding Xist RNA (via its RRM domains, particularly at the A-repeat), being recruited to enhancers and promoters of active X-linked genes, and then silencing transcription through its SPOC domain, which recruits the NCoR/SMRT corepressor complex to activate HDAC3 for histone deacetylation and RNA Pol II exclusion; SPEN also represses Notch target genes by bridging the DNA-binding protein RBPJ to HDAC-containing corepressor complexes (including NuRD, CtIP/CtBP), and is phosphorylated by Pak1 kinase at its repression domain to enhance corepressor activity."},"narrative":{"teleology":[{"year":2001,"claim":"Identifying SPEN as a transcriptional repressor that bridges RNA recognition to corepressor recruitment answered how a single factor could integrate RNA-level and chromatin-level regulation.","evidence":"Yeast two-hybrid, co-IP, and cotransfection repression assays showed SHARP binds SRA RNA and recruits SMRT and NuRD complex components","pmids":["11331609"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Physiological RNA targets beyond SRA were unknown","In vivo relevance of SMRT and NuRD recruitment not yet demonstrated"]},{"year":2002,"claim":"Demonstrating that SPEN represses Notch target genes through RBPJ and HDAC-dependent mechanisms established it as a core negative regulator of the Notch pathway.","evidence":"Yeast two-hybrid, reporter assays, TSA sensitivity, and Xenopus embryo rescue of Notch-driven neurogenesis defects","pmids":["12374742"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Structural basis of SPEN–RBPJ interaction was unresolved","Identity of all corepressor complex members not defined"]},{"year":2003,"claim":"Structural determination of the SPOC domain and genetic loss-of-function in mice resolved how SPEN contacts NCoR/SMRT corepressors and confirmed its physiological role in restraining Notch signaling in vivo.","evidence":"1.8 Å crystal structure of SPOC domain with mutagenesis (PMID:12897056); MINT-null mice showing enhanced marginal zone B cell differentiation from derepressed Notch signaling (PMID:12594956)","pmids":["12897056","12594956"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Full-length SPEN structure unavailable","How SPEN is regulated post-translationally was unknown"]},{"year":2005,"claim":"Identification of CtIP/CtBP as additional corepressor partners and Pak1-mediated phosphorylation of SPEN expanded the repression complex architecture and revealed a kinase-dependent regulatory input.","evidence":"GST pulldown, co-IP, ChIP on Hey1 promoter, CtBP-deficient cells (PMID:16287852); Pak1 phosphorylation site mapping with functional reporter assays (PMID:15824732)","pmids":["16287852","15824732"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Whether Pak1 phosphorylation modulates SPEN in vivo during Notch signaling was untested","Relative contributions of CtBP vs. SMRT/NuRD to repression were unclear"]},{"year":2011,"claim":"Quantitative biophysical measurement of the SPEN–RBPJ interaction defined the minimal domains required, setting the stage for structural understanding of the ternary DNA complex.","evidence":"Isothermal titration calorimetry and domain deletion analysis of MINT–CSL binding","pmids":["21372128"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Atomic-resolution ternary structure with DNA was still lacking"]},{"year":2015,"claim":"Three independent studies converged on SPEN as the essential direct effector of Xist-mediated X chromosome silencing, fundamentally repositioning the gene from a Notch pathway repressor to the central mediator of XCI.","evidence":"RAP-MS identifying SPEN as Xist-binding protein with shRNA KD abolishing Pol II exclusion and PRC2 recruitment (PMID:25915022); forward genetic screen in haploid ESCs (PMID:26190100); pooled shRNA screen with super-resolution co-localization (PMID:26190105)","pmids":["25915022","26190100","26190105"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Which Xist RNA element SPEN recognizes was not fully mapped","Mechanism by which SPEN spreads across the X was unknown","Role in human XCI not yet tested"]},{"year":2019,"claim":"The crystal structure of the RBPJ–SPEN–DNA ternary complex resolved the atomic-level mechanism by which SPEN docks onto the Notch pathway's DNA-binding transcription factor to enforce repression.","evidence":"X-ray crystallography, ITC, structure-based RBPJ mutagenesis with cellular reporter assays","pmids":["30673607"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Structure does not capture full repression complex with SMRT/NuRD","Dynamic regulation of complex assembly in vivo remained unclear"]},{"year":2020,"claim":"Dissection of SPEN's role in XCI at enhancers/promoters, identification of the SPOC domain as sufficient for silencing when tethered to Xist, and discovery that SPEN RRMs recognize endogenous retroviral RNAs structurally mimicking the Xist A-repeat provided a unified mechanistic model for SPEN-mediated chromatin silencing.","evidence":"Mouse genetic KOs with ChIP-seq and RNA-seq, SPOC tethering, MS proteomics of SPOC partners (PMID:32025035); CLIP-seq, ATAC-seq, ERV insertion rescue in Spen KO ESCs (PMID:32379046)","pmids":["32025035","32379046"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Whether ERV-SPEN interactions have genome-wide regulatory significance beyond XCI was unexplored","Structural basis of RRM–A-repeat recognition at atomic resolution was missing"]},{"year":2021,"claim":"Revealing that SPEN is required upstream for Xist upregulation—by silencing the antisense Tsix promoter—added a feedforward regulatory loop to the XCI initiation model.","evidence":"Spen-null ESCs with failed Xist upregulation rescued by concomitant Tsix deletion","pmids":["34853312"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Whether SPEN silences Tsix through the same SPOC–NCoR mechanism was not shown","Regulation of SPEN's own expression during XCI initiation was unclear"]},{"year":2022,"claim":"Quantitative imaging and separation-of-function genetics established that SPEN undergoes non-stoichiometric spatial amplification on the X, acts in parallel with Polycomb, and contributes to correct Xist RNA localization in cis.","evidence":"Single-molecule FISH and protein imaging with domain mutants (PMID:35301492); separation-of-function SPEN mutation with RNA-seq and epistasis (PMID:35584662)","pmids":["35301492","35584662"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Molecular basis of homotypic SPEN assembly was not structurally characterized","How SmcHD1 cooperates with SPEN mechanistically was undefined"]},{"year":2024,"claim":"Demonstrating SPEN-dependent transcriptional dampening and polycomb deposition on the human X chromosome confirmed conservation of SPEN's XCI role from mouse to human preimplantation development.","evidence":"SPEN knockout in naive human ESCs with H3K27me3 ChIP-seq and RNA-seq","pmids":["38834912"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Whether SPEN's non-XCI functions (Notch, ERV silencing) are conserved in human remains less explored","Therapeutic targeting of SPEN in X-linked disorders has not been investigated"]},{"year":null,"claim":"Key unresolved questions include the atomic-resolution structure of SPEN RRMs bound to Xist A-repeat RNA, the molecular determinants of SPEN homotypic assembly on the inactive X, the full-length structure of SPEN, and whether SPEN's ERV-silencing function has broader genome regulatory significance beyond XCI.","evidence":"","pmids":[],"confidence":"High","gaps":["No full-length SPEN structure","Structural basis of RRM–Xist A-repeat recognition unresolved","Mechanism of homotypic SPEN amplification on Xi not structurally characterized"]}],"mechanism_profile":{"molecular_activity":[{"term_id":"GO:0003723","term_label":"RNA binding","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,6,8,13,15]},{"term_id":"GO:0140110","term_label":"transcription regulator activity","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,1,3,4,6,12,14]},{"term_id":"GO:0098772","term_label":"molecular function regulator activity","supporting_discovery_ids":[1,3,9,11]}],"localization":[{"term_id":"GO:0005634","term_label":"nucleus","supporting_discovery_ids":[6,8,12,15]},{"term_id":"GO:0000228","term_label":"nuclear chromosome","supporting_discovery_ids":[6,7,12,15,16,18]},{"term_id":"GO:0005694","term_label":"chromosome","supporting_discovery_ids":[6,7,12,16]}],"pathway":[{"term_id":"R-HSA-162582","term_label":"Signal Transduction","supporting_discovery_ids":[1,3,4,5,11,17]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-74160","term_label":"Gene expression (Transcription)","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,4,6,12,14]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-4839726","term_label":"Chromatin organization","supporting_discovery_ids":[6,12,13,16,18]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-1266738","term_label":"Developmental Biology","supporting_discovery_ids":[1,3,7,14,18]}],"complexes":["NCoR/SMRT corepressor complex","NuRD complex","RBPJ/CSL corepressor complex"],"partners":["NCOR2","NCOR1","RBPJ","HDAC3","CTBP1","CTIP2","HDAC1","PAK1"],"other_free_text":[]},"mechanistic_narrative":"SPEN (SHARP/MINT) is a large RNA-binding transcriptional repressor that serves as a master effector of lncRNA- and DNA-binding-factor-mediated gene silencing, functioning centrally in both X chromosome inactivation and Notch pathway repression. In X chromosome inactivation, SPEN is directly recruited to the inactive X by Xist lncRNA through its RRM domains (which recognize the Xist A-repeat and structurally similar endogenous retroviral RNAs), localizes to enhancers and promoters of active genes, and silences transcription via its SPOC domain, which recruits the NCoR/SMRT–HDAC3 corepressor axis to drive histone deacetylation and RNA Pol II exclusion; SPEN also undergoes non-stoichiometric amplification across the X through concentration-dependent homotypic assemblies and acts in parallel with Polycomb pathways [PMID:25915022, PMID:32025035, PMID:35301492, PMID:35584662, PMID:38834912]. In the Notch signaling pathway, SPEN competes with the Notch intracellular domain for binding to RBPJ/CSL and assembles an HDAC-containing corepressor complex that includes SMRT, NuRD components, CtIP, and CtBP to silence Notch target genes such as HES-1 and Hey1 [PMID:12374742, PMID:12594956, PMID:16287852, PMID:30673607]. Crystal structures of the SPOC domain bound to NCoR/SMRT and of the SPEN–RBPJ–DNA ternary complex define the structural basis for both repressive partnerships [PMID:12897056, PMID:30673607]."},"prefetch_data":{"uniprot":{"accession":"Q96T58","full_name":"Msx2-interacting protein","aliases":["SMART/HDAC1-associated repressor protein","SPEN homolog"],"length_aa":3664,"mass_kda":402.2,"function":"May serve as a nuclear matrix platform that organizes and integrates transcriptional responses. In osteoblasts, supports transcription activation: synergizes with RUNX2 to enhance FGFR2-mediated activation of the osteocalcin FGF-responsive element (OCFRE) (By similarity). Has also been shown to be an essential corepressor protein, which probably regulates different key pathways such as the Notch pathway. 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SHARP-mediated repression of Notch target genes (e.g., HES-1) was sensitive to HDAC inhibitor TSA, was facilitated by SKIP, and rescued Notch-1-induced inhibition of primary neurogenesis in Xenopus embryos.\",\n      \"method\": \"Yeast two-hybrid screen, cotransfection reporter assays, HDAC inhibitor treatment, Xenopus embryo rescue experiments\",\n      \"journal\": \"The EMBO journal\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — multiple orthogonal methods (Y2H, reporter assays, in vivo rescue), replicated in subsequent studies\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"12374742\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2003,\n      \"finding\": \"Crystal structure of the SPOC domain from SHARP (SPEN) at 1.8 Å resolution revealed that conserved surface residues map to a positively charged patch responsible for interaction with a conserved acidic motif at the C terminus of SMRT/NCoR corepressors, defining the essential transcriptional repression function of Spen proteins.\",\n      \"method\": \"X-ray crystallography (1.8 Å), structure-based mutagenesis, binding assays\",\n      \"journal\": \"Genes & development\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 — crystal structure with functional mutagenesis validation\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"12897056\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2003,\n      \"finding\": \"MINT (SPEN) competed with the intracellular domain of Notch for binding to RBP-J and suppressed Notch transactivation activity. MINT-deficient mice showed enhanced marginal zone B cell differentiation, consistent with de-repression of Notch signaling.\",\n      \"method\": \"Competitive binding assays, MINT null mouse genetic analysis, B cell differentiation assays\",\n      \"journal\": \"Immunity\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — genetic loss-of-function with defined cellular phenotype, combined with binding competition assay\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"12594956\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2005,\n      \"finding\": \"The SHARP repression domain is necessary and sufficient for transcriptional repression in the Notch pathway. CtIP and CtBP corepressors are novel components of the human RBP-Jkappa/SHARP corepressor complex; CtIP binds directly to the SHARP repression domain, and CtBP deficiency abolishes repression of the endogenous Notch target Hey1 promoter.\",\n      \"method\": \"Domain deletion/mutation assays, GST pulldown, co-immunoprecipitation, chromatin immunoprecipitation, CtBP-deficient cell analysis\",\n      \"journal\": \"Molecular and cellular biology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — multiple orthogonal methods including direct binding, ChIP, and genetic loss-of-function\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"16287852\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2005,\n      \"finding\": \"SHARP is a physiological substrate of Pak1 kinase. Pak1 directly phosphorylates SHARP at Ser3486 and Thr3568 within the SHARP repression domain, enhancing SHARP-mediated repression of Notch target genes.\",\n      \"method\": \"Yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, phosphorylation site mapping, dominant-negative Pak1 and siRNA, reporter assays\",\n      \"journal\": \"Oncogene\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — phosphorylation site mapping with mutagenesis and functional readout, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"15824732\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2015,\n      \"finding\": \"SHARP (SPEN) directly interacts with Xist lncRNA and is required for Xist-mediated transcriptional silencing of the inactive X chromosome, exclusion of RNA polymerase II, and recruitment of PRC2. SHARP interacts with the SMRT corepressor, which activates HDAC3, and both SMRT and HDAC3 are required for silencing.\",\n      \"method\": \"RNA antisense purification with quantitative mass spectrometry (RAP-MS), shRNA knockdown, Pol II ChIP, PRC2 ChIP\",\n      \"journal\": \"Nature\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1-2 — novel RNA-protein purification method combined with ChIP, loss-of-function validation; highly cited foundational study\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"25915022\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2015,\n      \"finding\": \"Spen is genetically required for gene repression by Xist RNA in X chromosome inactivation, identified through forward genetic screening in haploid mouse ESCs. Spen loss did not affect Xist RNA localization or recruitment of Polycomb protein Ezh2.\",\n      \"method\": \"Forward genetic screen in haploid ESCs, gene deletion, Xist RNA FISH, Ezh2 ChIP\",\n      \"journal\": \"Cell reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — genetic screen with independent validation by gene deletion and multiple readouts\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"26190100\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2015,\n      \"finding\": \"Spen (RBM15 and Wtap) is required for Xist RNA-mediated silencing; Spen co-localizes with Xist RNA within the nuclear matrix subcompartment as shown by super-resolution 3D-SIM microscopy.\",\n      \"method\": \"Pooled shRNA screen, super-resolution 3D-SIM microscopy, RNA FISH co-localization\",\n      \"journal\": \"Cell reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — pooled screen with validation, super-resolution imaging, replicated with paper 26190100\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"26190105\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2015,\n      \"finding\": \"SPEN functions as a tumor suppressor in ERα-positive breast cancer cells; SPEN binds ERα in a ligand-independent manner and negatively regulates transcription of ERα target genes. SPEN overexpression sensitizes cells to tamoxifen-induced apoptosis.\",\n      \"method\": \"Co-immunoprecipitation, functional assays (proliferation, tumor growth), microarray pathway analysis, in vitro and in vivo models\",\n      \"journal\": \"Cancer research\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2-3 — Co-IP for ERα binding, multiple functional assays, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"26297734\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"finding\": \"SPEN regulates primary cilia formation and cell migration in breast cancer cells; SPEN knockdown decreased primary cilia levels, and KIF3A silencing (a ciliogenic factor) partially reversed SPEN's effects on migration, suggesting SPEN coordinates cellular movement through primary cilia-dependent mechanisms.\",\n      \"method\": \"shRNA knockdown, immunofluorescence for primary cilia, cell migration assays, epistasis with KIF3A\",\n      \"journal\": \"Breast cancer research\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 3 — loss-of-function with specific phenotype and partial epistasis, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28877752\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2019,\n      \"finding\": \"Crystal structure of RBPJ bound to SHARP (SPEN) and DNA revealed the mode of SHARP binding to RBPJ; structure-based RBPJ mutants deficient for SHARP binding were incapable of repressing Notch-responsive transcription in cells.\",\n      \"method\": \"X-ray crystallography, isothermal titration calorimetry, structure-based mutagenesis, transcriptional reporter assays in cells\",\n      \"journal\": \"Cell reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 — crystal structure with functional mutagenesis validation and cellular reporter assays\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"30673607\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"finding\": \"SPEN is essential for initiating gene silencing on the X chromosome in preimplantation embryos and ESCs; it is immediately recruited to the X chromosome upon Xist upregulation and targeted to enhancers and promoters of active genes. The SPOC domain is a major effector of gene-silencing, and tethering SPOC to Xist RNA is sufficient to mediate silencing. SPEN's protein partners include NCoR/SMRT, the m6A RNA methylation machinery, NuRD complex, RNA Pol II, and transcription initiation/elongation factors.\",\n      \"method\": \"Mouse genetic knockouts (preimplantation embryos and ESCs), ChIP-seq, RNA-seq, SPOC domain tethering experiments, mass spectrometry proteomics of SPOC partners\",\n      \"journal\": \"Nature\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1-2 — in vivo genetic knockouts in multiple developmental contexts, domain tethering, structural/functional domain analysis, MS interactome; multiple orthogonal methods\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"32025035\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"finding\": \"Spen binds to endogenous retroviral (ERV) RNAs that show structural similarity to the A-repeat of Xist through its RRM domains; ERV RNA and Xist A-repeat compete for Spen RRM binding. Loss of Spen activates ERV elements with gain of chromatin accessibility and active histone modifications. Insertion of an ERV into A-repeat-deficient Xist rescues Spen binding and local gene silencing.\",\n      \"method\": \"CLIP-seq, RRM domain binding assays, ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, Spen KO ESCs, ERV insertion into Xist transgene\",\n      \"journal\": \"eLife\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1-2 — multiple orthogonal methods including direct RNA binding, chromatin profiling, and genetic rescue\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"32379046\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2021,\n      \"finding\": \"SPEN is required for Xist upregulation during initiation of X chromosome inactivation; Spen null female ESCs are defective in Xist upregulation upon differentiation. SPEN-mediated silencing of the Tsix promoter is required for Xist upregulation, and failed Xist upregulation in Spen-/- ESCs can be rescued by concomitant removal of Tsix.\",\n      \"method\": \"Spen null mouse ESCs, RNA FISH, genetic epistasis (Tsix deletion rescue), differentiation assays\",\n      \"journal\": \"Nature communications\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — genetic loss-of-function with epistasis rescue, multiple readouts, clear mechanistic pathway placement\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"34853312\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2022,\n      \"finding\": \"Xist drives non-stoichiometric recruitment of SHARP/SPEN to amplify its abundance across the inactive X through concentration-dependent homotypic assemblies of SHARP. This spatial amplification is required for chromosome-wide silencing. Xist also suppresses production of its own RNA through SHARP, constraining Xist levels and restricting its spread beyond the X.\",\n      \"method\": \"Single-molecule RNA FISH, protein imaging, SHARP domain mutants, Xist expression level manipulation, ChIP-seq\",\n      \"journal\": \"Nature structural & molecular biology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1-2 — quantitative imaging, functional domain mutants, and mechanistic model validated by multiple approaches\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"35301492\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2022,\n      \"finding\": \"SPEN and Polycomb pathways function in parallel (not sequentially) to establish X-linked gene silencing; a SPEN separation-of-function mutation showed that SPEN also has a role in correct localization of Xist RNA in cis. Differentiation-dependent recruitment of SmcHD1 is additionally required for silencing many X-linked genes.\",\n      \"method\": \"SPEN separation-of-function mutation, Xist RNA FISH, RNA-seq in differentiating ESCs, SmcHD1 ChIP/genetic analysis\",\n      \"journal\": \"Cell reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — separation-of-function mutant with multiple chromatin and transcriptional readouts, epistasis analysis\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"35584662\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2011,\n      \"finding\": \"MINT (SPEN) forms a high-affinity complex with CSL (RBPJ) in the Notch pathway; isothermal titration calorimetry defined the domains of MINT and CSL necessary and sufficient for complex formation, and the MINT-binding region of CSL inhibited Notch signaling in transcriptional reporter assays.\",\n      \"method\": \"Isothermal titration calorimetry, domain deletion analysis, transcriptional reporter assays\",\n      \"journal\": \"The Journal of biological chemistry\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 — quantitative biophysical binding measurement with functional validation\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"21372128\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2024,\n      \"finding\": \"XIST triggers deposition of polycomb-mediated repressive histone modifications and dampens transcription of most X-linked genes in a SPEN-dependent manner during human preimplantation development, demonstrating SPEN is required for both XCI and X chromosome transcriptional dampening.\",\n      \"method\": \"Naive human ESC knockouts, ChIP-seq (H3K27me3), RNA-seq, genetic epistasis\",\n      \"journal\": \"Nature structural & molecular biology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — genetic KO with multiple chromatin and transcriptional readouts in human cells\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"38834912\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    }\n  ],\n  \"current_model\": \"SPEN (SHARP/MINT) is a large RNA-binding transcriptional repressor that acts as a central effector of Xist lncRNA-mediated X chromosome inactivation by directly binding Xist RNA (via its RRM domains, particularly at the A-repeat), being recruited to enhancers and promoters of active X-linked genes, and then silencing transcription through its SPOC domain, which recruits the NCoR/SMRT corepressor complex to activate HDAC3 for histone deacetylation and RNA Pol II exclusion; SPEN also represses Notch target genes by bridging the DNA-binding protein RBPJ to HDAC-containing corepressor complexes (including NuRD, CtIP/CtBP), and is phosphorylated by Pak1 kinase at its repression domain to enhance corepressor activity.\"\n}\n```","stage2_raw":"```json\n{\n  \"mechanistic_narrative\": \"SPEN (SHARP/MINT) is a large RNA-binding transcriptional repressor that serves as a master effector of lncRNA- and DNA-binding-factor-mediated gene silencing, functioning centrally in both X chromosome inactivation and Notch pathway repression. In X chromosome inactivation, SPEN is directly recruited to the inactive X by Xist lncRNA through its RRM domains (which recognize the Xist A-repeat and structurally similar endogenous retroviral RNAs), localizes to enhancers and promoters of active genes, and silences transcription via its SPOC domain, which recruits the NCoR/SMRT–HDAC3 corepressor axis to drive histone deacetylation and RNA Pol II exclusion; SPEN also undergoes non-stoichiometric amplification across the X through concentration-dependent homotypic assemblies and acts in parallel with Polycomb pathways [PMID:25915022, PMID:32025035, PMID:35301492, PMID:35584662, PMID:38834912]. In the Notch signaling pathway, SPEN competes with the Notch intracellular domain for binding to RBPJ/CSL and assembles an HDAC-containing corepressor complex that includes SMRT, NuRD components, CtIP, and CtBP to silence Notch target genes such as HES-1 and Hey1 [PMID:12374742, PMID:12594956, PMID:16287852, PMID:30673607]. Crystal structures of the SPOC domain bound to NCoR/SMRT and of the SPEN–RBPJ–DNA ternary complex define the structural basis for both repressive partnerships [PMID:12897056, PMID:30673607].\",\n  \"teleology\": [\n    {\n      \"year\": 2001,\n      \"claim\": \"Identifying SPEN as a transcriptional repressor that bridges RNA recognition to corepressor recruitment answered how a single factor could integrate RNA-level and chromatin-level regulation.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Yeast two-hybrid, co-IP, and cotransfection repression assays showed SHARP binds SRA RNA and recruits SMRT and NuRD complex components\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"11331609\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Physiological RNA targets beyond SRA were unknown\", \"In vivo relevance of SMRT and NuRD recruitment not yet demonstrated\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2002,\n      \"claim\": \"Demonstrating that SPEN represses Notch target genes through RBPJ and HDAC-dependent mechanisms established it as a core negative regulator of the Notch pathway.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Yeast two-hybrid, reporter assays, TSA sensitivity, and Xenopus embryo rescue of Notch-driven neurogenesis defects\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"12374742\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Structural basis of SPEN–RBPJ interaction was unresolved\", \"Identity of all corepressor complex members not defined\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2003,\n      \"claim\": \"Structural determination of the SPOC domain and genetic loss-of-function in mice resolved how SPEN contacts NCoR/SMRT corepressors and confirmed its physiological role in restraining Notch signaling in vivo.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"1.8 Å crystal structure of SPOC domain with mutagenesis (PMID:12897056); MINT-null mice showing enhanced marginal zone B cell differentiation from derepressed Notch signaling (PMID:12594956)\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"12897056\", \"12594956\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Full-length SPEN structure unavailable\", \"How SPEN is regulated post-translationally was unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2005,\n      \"claim\": \"Identification of CtIP/CtBP as additional corepressor partners and Pak1-mediated phosphorylation of SPEN expanded the repression complex architecture and revealed a kinase-dependent regulatory input.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"GST pulldown, co-IP, ChIP on Hey1 promoter, CtBP-deficient cells (PMID:16287852); Pak1 phosphorylation site mapping with functional reporter assays (PMID:15824732)\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"16287852\", \"15824732\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Whether Pak1 phosphorylation modulates SPEN in vivo during Notch signaling was untested\", \"Relative contributions of CtBP vs. SMRT/NuRD to repression were unclear\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2011,\n      \"claim\": \"Quantitative biophysical measurement of the SPEN–RBPJ interaction defined the minimal domains required, setting the stage for structural understanding of the ternary DNA complex.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Isothermal titration calorimetry and domain deletion analysis of MINT–CSL binding\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"21372128\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Atomic-resolution ternary structure with DNA was still lacking\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2015,\n      \"claim\": \"Three independent studies converged on SPEN as the essential direct effector of Xist-mediated X chromosome silencing, fundamentally repositioning the gene from a Notch pathway repressor to the central mediator of XCI.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"RAP-MS identifying SPEN as Xist-binding protein with shRNA KD abolishing Pol II exclusion and PRC2 recruitment (PMID:25915022); forward genetic screen in haploid ESCs (PMID:26190100); pooled shRNA screen with super-resolution co-localization (PMID:26190105)\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"25915022\", \"26190100\", \"26190105\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Which Xist RNA element SPEN recognizes was not fully mapped\", \"Mechanism by which SPEN spreads across the X was unknown\", \"Role in human XCI not yet tested\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2019,\n      \"claim\": \"The crystal structure of the RBPJ–SPEN–DNA ternary complex resolved the atomic-level mechanism by which SPEN docks onto the Notch pathway's DNA-binding transcription factor to enforce repression.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"X-ray crystallography, ITC, structure-based RBPJ mutagenesis with cellular reporter assays\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"30673607\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Structure does not capture full repression complex with SMRT/NuRD\", \"Dynamic regulation of complex assembly in vivo remained unclear\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"claim\": \"Dissection of SPEN's role in XCI at enhancers/promoters, identification of the SPOC domain as sufficient for silencing when tethered to Xist, and discovery that SPEN RRMs recognize endogenous retroviral RNAs structurally mimicking the Xist A-repeat provided a unified mechanistic model for SPEN-mediated chromatin silencing.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Mouse genetic KOs with ChIP-seq and RNA-seq, SPOC tethering, MS proteomics of SPOC partners (PMID:32025035); CLIP-seq, ATAC-seq, ERV insertion rescue in Spen KO ESCs (PMID:32379046)\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"32025035\", \"32379046\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Whether ERV-SPEN interactions have genome-wide regulatory significance beyond XCI was unexplored\", \"Structural basis of RRM–A-repeat recognition at atomic resolution was missing\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2021,\n      \"claim\": \"Revealing that SPEN is required upstream for Xist upregulation—by silencing the antisense Tsix promoter—added a feedforward regulatory loop to the XCI initiation model.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Spen-null ESCs with failed Xist upregulation rescued by concomitant Tsix deletion\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"34853312\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Whether SPEN silences Tsix through the same SPOC–NCoR mechanism was not shown\", \"Regulation of SPEN's own expression during XCI initiation was unclear\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2022,\n      \"claim\": \"Quantitative imaging and separation-of-function genetics established that SPEN undergoes non-stoichiometric spatial amplification on the X, acts in parallel with Polycomb, and contributes to correct Xist RNA localization in cis.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Single-molecule FISH and protein imaging with domain mutants (PMID:35301492); separation-of-function SPEN mutation with RNA-seq and epistasis (PMID:35584662)\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"35301492\", \"35584662\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Molecular basis of homotypic SPEN assembly was not structurally characterized\", \"How SmcHD1 cooperates with SPEN mechanistically was undefined\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2024,\n      \"claim\": \"Demonstrating SPEN-dependent transcriptional dampening and polycomb deposition on the human X chromosome confirmed conservation of SPEN's XCI role from mouse to human preimplantation development.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"SPEN knockout in naive human ESCs with H3K27me3 ChIP-seq and RNA-seq\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"38834912\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Whether SPEN's non-XCI functions (Notch, ERV silencing) are conserved in human remains less explored\", \"Therapeutic targeting of SPEN in X-linked disorders has not been investigated\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": null,\n      \"claim\": \"Key unresolved questions include the atomic-resolution structure of SPEN RRMs bound to Xist A-repeat RNA, the molecular determinants of SPEN homotypic assembly on the inactive X, the full-length structure of SPEN, and whether SPEN's ERV-silencing function has broader genome regulatory significance beyond XCI.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"\",\n      \"pmids\": [],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No full-length SPEN structure\", \"Structural basis of RRM–Xist A-repeat recognition unresolved\", \"Mechanism of homotypic SPEN amplification on Xi not structurally characterized\"]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"mechanism_profile\": {\n    \"molecular_activity\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0003723\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 6, 8, 13, 15]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0140110\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 12, 14]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0098772\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [1, 3, 9, 11]}\n    ],\n    \"localization\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005634\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [6, 8, 12, 15]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0000228\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [6, 7, 12, 15, 16, 18]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005694\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [6, 7, 12, 16]}\n    ],\n    \"pathway\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-162582\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 17]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-74160\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 4, 6, 12, 14]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-4839726\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [6, 12, 13, 16, 18]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-1266738\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [1, 3, 7, 14, 18]}\n    ],\n    \"complexes\": [\n      \"NCoR/SMRT corepressor complex\",\n      \"NuRD complex\",\n      \"RBPJ/CSL corepressor complex\"\n    ],\n    \"partners\": [\n      \"NCOR2\",\n      \"NCOR1\",\n      \"RBPJ\",\n      \"HDAC3\",\n      \"CTBP1\",\n      \"CTIP2\",\n      \"HDAC1\",\n      \"PAK1\"\n    ],\n    \"other_free_text\": []\n  }\n}\n```"}