Description
Product Characteristics:
Antiapoptotic factor that may have a role in protein assembly. Negatively regulates ACIN1. By binding to ACIN1, it suppresses ACIN1 cleavage from CASP3 and ACIN1-mediated DNA fragmentation. Also known to efficiently suppress E2F1-induced apoptosis. Its depletion enhances the cytotoxic action of the chemotherapeutic drugs.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Nucleus
Synonyms: AAC11, AAC-11, Apoptosis inhibitor 5, API-5, Antiapoptosis clone 11 protein, Cell migration-inducing gene 8 protein, Fibroblast growth factor 2-interacting factor, FIF, Protein XAGL, API5, MIG8
Target Information: This gene encodes an apoptosis inhibitory protein whose expression prevents apoptosis after growth factor deprivation. This protein suppresses the transcription factor E2F1-induced apoptosis and also interacts with, and negatively regulates Acinus, a nuclear factor involved in apoptotic DNA fragmentation. Its depletion enhances the cytotoxic action of the chemotherapeutic drugs. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]