Description
Product Characteristics:
The human protooncogene JUN is the putative transforming gene of avian sarcoma virus 17, and it encodes a protein which is highly homologous to the viral protein. cJun (previously known as the Fos binding protein p39) and c Fos form a complex in the nucleus. AP 1 (activating protein 1) is a collective term referring to these dimeric transcription factors composed of Jun, Fos or ATF subunits that bind to a common DNA site, the AP1 binding site. AP 1 proteins, mostly the Jun group, regulate the expression and function of cell cycle regulators such as Cyclin D1, p53, p21 (cip1/waf1), p19 (ARF) and p16. Fos and Jun proto oncogene expression is induced transiently by a variety of extracellular stimuli associated with mitogenesis, differentiation processes or depolarization of neurons. JUN has been mapped to 1p32 to p31, a chromosomal region involved in both translocations and deletions in human malignancies.
Subcellular location: Nucleus
Synonyms: c-Jun Thr239, c-Jun phospho T239, p-c-Jun phospho T239, Jun oncogene, JUN, Activator Protein 1, AP 1, AP1, AP-1, Enhancer Binding Protein AP1, Jun Activation Domain Binding Protein, JUN protein, JUNC, p39, Proto oncogene cJun, Transcription Factor AP1, V jun avian sarcoma virus 17 oncogene homolog, vJun Avian Sarcoma Virus 17 Oncogene Homolog, JUN_HUMAN, Transcription factor AP-1, Activator 1, Proto-oncogene c-Jun, V-jun avian sarcoma virus 17 oncogene homolog.
Target Information: This gene is the putative transforming gene of avian sarcoma virus 17. It encodes a protein which is highly similar to the viral protein, and which interacts directly with specific target DNA sequences to regulate gene expression. This gene is intronless and is mapped to 1p32-p31, a chromosomal region involved in both translocations and deletions in human malignancies. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]