Description
Product Characteristics:
Transcriptional regulator that plays a central role in Notch signaling, a signaling pathway involved in cell-cell communication that regulates a broad spectrum of cell-fate determinations. Acts as a transcriptional repressor when it is not associated with Notch proteins. When associated with some NICD product of Notch proteins (Notch intracellular domain), it acts as a transcriptional activator that activates transcription of Notch target genes. Probably represses or activates transcription via the recruitment of chromatin remodeling complexes containing histone deacetylase or histone acetylase proteins, respectively. Specifically binds to the immunoglobulin kappa-type J segment recombination signal sequence. Binds specifically to methylated DNA.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Nucleus
Synonyms: SUH, csl, AOS3, CBF1, KBF2, RBP-J, RBPJK, IGKJRB, RBPSUH, IGKJRB1, Recombining binding protein suppressor of hairless, CBF-1, J kappa-recombination signal-binding protein, RBP-J kappa, RBP-JK, Renal carcinoma antigen NY-REN-30, RBPJ
Target Information: The protein encoded by this gene is a transcriptional regulator important in the Notch signaling pathway. The encoded protein acts as a repressor when not bound to Notch proteins and an activator when bound to Notch proteins. It is thought to function by recruiting chromatin remodeling complexes containing histone deacetylase or histone acetylase proteins to Notch signaling pathway genes. Also, this protein can bind specifically to the recombination signal sequence of immunglobulin kappa type J segments. Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene, and several pseudogenes of this gene exist on chromosome 9. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2011]