Description
Product Characteristics:
May play a role in the ERK signaling pathway by inhibiting the dephosphorylation of ERK by phosphatase PP2A-PPP2R5C holoenzyme. Acts also as an ERK downstream effector mediating survival. As a member of the NUPR1/RELB/IER3 survival pathway, may provide pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with remarkable resistance to cell stress, such as starvation or gemcitabine treatment.
Subcellular location: Cell membrane
Synonyms: DIF2, IEX1, PRG1, DIF-2, GLY96, IEX-1, IEX-1L, Radiation-inducible immediate-early gene IEX-1, Differentiation-dependent gene 2 protein, Protein DIF-2, Immediate early protein GLY96, Immediate early response 3 protein, PACAP-responsive gene 1 protein, Protein PRG1, IER3
Target Information: This gene functions in the protection of cells from Fas- or tumor necrosis factor type alpha-induced apoptosis. Partially degraded and unspliced transcripts are found after virus infection in vitro, but these transcripts are not found in vivo and do not generate a valid protein. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]