Description
Product Characteristics:
The v-Fos oncogene was initially identified as the transforming gene of two independent murine osteosarcoma virus isolates and an avian nephroblastoma virus. The cellular homolog, c-Fos, encodes a nuclear phosphoprotein that is rapidly and transiently induced by a variety of agents and functions as a transcriptional regulator for several genes. In contrast to c-Jun proteins, which form homo- and heterodimers which bind to specific DNA TPA response elements (TREs), c-Fos proteins are only active as heterodimers with members of the Jun gene family. Murine Fos B encodes a nuclear protein of 338 amino acids which has 70 % homology with c-Fos, exhibits similar kinetics of expression as c-Fos and forms heterodimers with both c-Jun and Jun B which bind to TRE DNA response elements. Functional homologs of c-Fos and Fos B include Fra-1 and Fra-2 genes.
Subcellular location: Nucleus
Synonyms: Fos B phospho S27, p-Fos B phospho S27, p-FosB phospho S27, FBJ murine osteosarcoma viral oncogene homolog B, FOS B, FOS-B, FBJ osteosarcoma oncogene B, FosB, G0/G1 switch regulatory protein 3, G0S3, GOS3, GOSB, MGC42291, Oncogene FOS B, Protein fosB, fosB, G0/G1 switch regulatory protein 3, G0S3, GOS 3, GOS B, GOSB, Oncogene FOS B, Oncogene FOSB, Protein fos B, DKFZp686C0818, FOSB_HUMAN.
Target Information: The Fos gene family consists of 4 members FOSL1, and FOSL2. These genes encode leucine zipper proteins that can dimerize with proteins of the JUN family, thereby forming the transcription factor complex AP-1. As such, the FOS proteins have been implicated as regulators of cell proliferation, differentiation, and transformation. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]