Description
Product Characteristics:
Plays a role in the inducible expression of cytokine genes in T-cells, especially in the induction of the IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, TNF-alpha or GM-CSF.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Nucleus
Synonyms: cytoplasmic 2, NF ATp, NF-ATc2, NF-ATp, NFAC2_HUMAN, NFAT 1, NFAT pre existing subunit, NFAT pre-existing subunit, NFAT transcription complex, preexisting component, NFAT1, NFAT1-D, NFATc2, NFATp, Nuclear factor of activated T cells cytoplasmic 2, Nuclear factor of activated T cells cytoplasmic calcineurin dependent 2, Nuclear factor of activated T cells pre-existing component, Nuclear factor of activated T-cells, T cell transcription factor NFAT 1, T-cell transcription factor NFAT1, NFAC2_HUMAN.
Target Information: This gene is a member of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) family. The product of this gene is a DNA-binding protein with a REL-homology region (RHR) and an NFAT-homology region (NHR). This protein is present in the cytosol and only translocates to the nucleus upon T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation, where it becomes a member of the nuclear factors of activated T cells transcription complex. This complex plays a central role in inducing gene transcription during the immune response. Alternate transcriptional splice variants encoding different isoforms have been characterized. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]