Entrez Summary: This gene encodes a member of the TSC22 domain family of leucine zipper transcription factors. The encoded protein is stimulated by transforming growth factor beta, and regulates the transcription of multiple genes including C-type natriuretic peptide. The encoded protein may play a critical role in tumor suppression through the induction of cancer cell apoptosis, and a single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter of this gene has been associated with diabetic nephropathy. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011].
UniProt Summary: Transcriptional repressor. Acts on the C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) promoter.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
TSC22
GO Terms
transcription by RNA polymerase II
transcription, DNA-templated
nucleic acid-templated transcription
RNA biosynthetic process
nucleobase-containing compound biosynthetic process