Description
Product Characteristics:
NOC2L is a transcriptional corepressor with inhibitor of histone acetyltransferase (INHAT) activity. NOC2L or NIR (Novel INHAT Repressor) is ubiquitously expressed throughout embryonic development and adulthood. It is a potent transcriptional corepressor that is not blocked by histone deacetylase inhibitors and is capable of silencing both basal and activator-driven transcription. NOC2L directly binds to nucleosomes and core histones and prevents acetylation by histone acetyltransferases, thus acting as a bona fide INHAT.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Nucleus
Synonyms: NIR, NOC2 like, Novel INHAT inhibitor of histone acetyltransferase repressor, Nucleolar complex associated 2 homolog S. cerevisiae, Protein NOC2 homolog, NOC2L_HUMAN.
Target Information: Histone modification by histone acetyltransferases (HAT) and histone deacetylases (HDAC) can control major aspects of transcriptional regulation. NOC2L represents a novel HDAC-independent inhibitor of histone acetyltransferase (INHAT) (Hublitz et al., 2005 [PubMed 16322561]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]