Description
Product Characteristics:
Essential proto-oncogenic transcriptional regulator necessary for development and differentiation of erythroid and megakaryocytic lineages. Transcriptional repressor or activator depending on both promoter and cell type context, represses promoter activity of SOCS1 and SOCS3 and thus, may regulate cytokine signaling pathways. Cooperates with GATA1 to repress target gene transcription, such as the apoptosis regulator BCL2L1, GFI1B silencing in leukemic cell lines markedly increase apoptosis rate. Inhibits down-regulation of MYC and MYB as well as the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor CDKN1A/P21WAF1 in IL6-treated myelomonocytic cells. Represses expression of GATA3 in T-cell lymphomas and inhibits GATA1-mediated transcription, as GATA1 also mediates erythroid GFI1B transcription, both GATA1 and GFI1B participate in a feedback regulatory pathway controlling the expression of GFI1B gene in erythroid cells. Suppresses GATA1-mediated stimulation of GFI1B promoter through protein interaction. Binds to gamma-satellite DNA and to its own promoter, auto-repressing its own expression. Alters histone methylation by recruiting histone methyltransferase to target genes promoters. Plays a role in heterochromatin formation.
Synonyms: Potential regulator of CDKN1A translocated in CML, GFI 1B, GFI-1B, gfi1b, GFI1B protein, GFI1B_HUMAN, Growth factor independent 1B protein, Growth factor independent protein 1B, Potential regulator of CDKN1A, Translocated in CML, Zinc finger protein Gfi-1b.
Target Information: Essential transcriptional regulator necessary for development and differentiation of erythroid and megakaryocytic lineages. Alters histone methylation by recruiting histone methyltransferase to target genes promoters. Plays a role in heterochromatin formation