Description
Product Characteristics:
Could be involved in the activation of both NF-kappa-B via a NF-kappa-B inhibitor kinase (IKK)-dependent mechanism and stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK)/JNK.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Nucleus, Secreted, Extracellular matrix
Synonyms: Act 1, ACT1, Activator of cAMP responsive element modulator CREM in testis, Adapter protein CIKS, C6ORF4, C6ORF5, C6ORF6, Chromosome 6 Open Reading Frame 4, Chromosome 6 Open Reading Frame 5, Chromosome 6 Open Reading Frame 6, CIKS, CIKS_HUMAN, Connection to IKK and SAPK / JNK, Connection to IKK and SAPK/JNK, Nuclear Factor Kappa B Activator 1, Nuclear factor NF kappa B activator 1, Nuclear factor NF-kappa-B activator 1, TRAF3 interacting protein 2, TRAF3-interacting protein 2, TRAF3IP2.
Target Information: This gene encodes a protein involved in regulating responses to cytokines by members of the Rel/NF-kappaB transcription factor family. These factors play a central role in innate immunity in response to pathogens, inflammatory signals and stress. This gene product interacts with TRAF proteins (tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factors) and either I-kappaB kinase or MAP kinase to activate either NF-kappaB or Jun kinase. Several alternative transcripts encoding different isoforms have been identified. Another transcript, which does not encode a protein and is transcribed in the opposite orientation, has been identified. Overexpression of this transcript has been shown to reduce expression of at least one of the protein encoding transcripts, suggesting it has a regulatory role in the expression of this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2009]