Description
Product Characteristics:
The Raf family of serine/threonine specific kinases is comprised of three members (aRaf, bRaf, and cRaf) that play a critical role in regulating cell growth and differentiation, and couple growth factor receptor stimulation to nuclear transcription factors via the Ras/mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. cRaf kinase (also known as Raf1) is a small GTPase like kinase of 73 kDa, and is a signal transducer of multiple extracellular stimuli that is regulated by several pathways, and that once activated, phosphorylates MEK which in turn phosphorylates ERK. Raf1 is involved in the transduction of mitogenic signals from the cell membrane to the nucleus. It is part of the Ras dependent signaling pathway from receptors to the nucleus.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Nucleus, Cell membrane
Synonyms: RAF1phospho T269, RAF1, murine leukemia viral v-raf-1 oncogene homolog 1 3611-MSV, v-raf-1 murine leukemia viral oncogene homolog 1, cRaf, C-RAF, proto-oncogene c-RAF, 6430402F14Rik, AA990557, BB129353, c-Raf, Craf1, D830050J10Rik, MGC102375, Raf-1, Raf 1, v-Raf, c Raf, Craf 1 transforming gene, Craf1 transforming gene, EC 2.7.11.1, Murine sarcoma 3611 oncogene 1, RAF, Raf proto oncogene serine/threonine protein kinase, vraf1 murine leukemia viral oncogene homolog 1, c-Raf.
Target Information: The members of the zinc fingers and homeoboxes gene family are nuclear homodimeric transcriptional repressors that interact with the A subunit of nuclear factor-Y (NF-YA) and contain two C2H2-type zinc fingers and five homeobox DNA-binding domains. This gene encodes member 2 of this gene family. In addition to forming homodimers, this protein heterodimerizes with member 1 of the zinc fingers and homeoboxes family. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]