Description
Product Characteristics:
Nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) is a family of transcription factors implicated in multiple biological processes including cytokine gene expression, cardiac hypertrophy and adipocyte differentiation. NFAT1 (also known as NFATc2 or NFATp) is a member of this family that is regulated by the calcium-dependent phosphatase calcineurin. When calcineurin is activated by calcium it dephosphorylates multiple residues in the regulatory domain of NFAT1, leading to its translocation to the nucleus and activation of its transcriptional activity. Once in the nucleus, NFAT proteins act synergistically with the AP-1 transcription factor complex to regulate the expression of multiple genes. Serine 54 in mouse NFAT1 has been shown to be important in the regulation of its transcriptional activity.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Nucleus
Synonyms: AI607462, KIAA0611, NF ATp, NF-ATc2, NFAT 1, NFAT pre existing subunit, NFAT transcription complex, preexisting component, NFAT1, NFAT1-D, NFATc2, NFATp, Nuclear factor of activated T cells cytoplasmic 2, Nuclear factor of activated T cells cytoplasmic calcineurin dependent 2, Nuclear factor of activated T cells pre-existing component, T cell transcription factor NFAT.
Target Information: This gene is a member of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) family. The product of this gene is a DNA-binding protein with a REL-homology region (RHR) and an NFAT-homology region (NHR). This protein is present in the cytosol and only translocates to the nucleus upon T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation, where it becomes a member of the nuclear factors of activated T cells transcription complex. This complex plays a central role in inducing gene transcription during the immune response. Alternate transcriptional splice variants encoding different isoforms have been characterized. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]