Entrez Summary: This gene was originally isolated by subtractive hybridization of cDNAs expressed in atherosclerotic plaques with a thrombus, and was found to be expressed only in vascular smooth muscle cells. However, a shorter splice variant was found to be more ubiquitously expressed. This protein is suggested to play a role in the development of atherosclerosis. Studies in mice suggest that it may also function as a GC-rich promoter-specific trans-activating transcription factor. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2011].
UniProt Summary: Functions as a GC-rich promoter-specific transactivating transcription factor. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q6NXH3}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
No Pfam Domain information is available for this gene.
GO Terms
transcription, DNA-templated
nucleic acid-templated transcription
RNA biosynthetic process
DNA-binding transcription factor activity
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
nucleobase-containing compound biosynthetic process
heterocycle biosynthetic process
aromatic compound biosynthetic process
organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process
DNA binding
positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process
positive regulation of nucleic acid-templated transcription
positive regulation of RNA biosynthetic process
RNA metabolic process
cellular macromolecule biosynthetic process
positive regulation of RNA metabolic process
macromolecule biosynthetic process
positive regulation of nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process
positive regulation of macromolecule biosynthetic process
positive regulation of cellular biosynthetic process
positive regulation of gene expression
gene expression
positive regulation of biosynthetic process
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)