ATF4 Antibodies

Target Information

This gene encodes a transcription factor that was originally identified as a widely expressed mammalian DNA binding protein that could bind a tax-responsive enhancer element in the LTR of HTLV-1. The encoded protein was also isolated and characterized as the cAMP-response element binding protein 2 (CREB-2). The protein encoded by this gene belongs to a family of DNA-binding proteins that includes the AP-1 family of transcription factors, cAMP-response element binding proteins (CREBs) and CREB-like proteins. These transcription factors share a leucine zipper region that is involved in protein-protein interactions, located C-terminal to a stretch of basic amino acids that functions as a DNA binding domain. Two alternative transcripts encoding the same protein have been described. Two pseudogenes are located on the X chromsome at q28 in a region containing a large inverted duplication.

Synonyms

activating transcription factor 4; activating transcription factor 4 (tax-responsive enhancer element B67); activating transcription factor 4a; activating transcription factor 4b1 (tax-responsive enhancer element B67); activating transcription factor ATF-4; ATF 4; Atf4; Atf-4; atf4 {ECO:0000312; ATF4 protein; atf4a; atf4b1; C/ATF; C/EBP-related ATF; cAMP response element-binding protein 2; cAMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4; cAMP-responsive element-binding protein 2; CREB 2; CREB2; CREB-2; Cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4; Cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 2; DNA-binding protein TAXREB67; OTTHUMP00000199130; rATF-4; RGD:621863}; tax-re; TaxREB67; TaxREB67 homolog; tax-responsive enhancer element B67; tax-responsive enhancer element-binding protein 67; Tax-responsive enhancer element-binding protein 67 homolog; TXREB; wu:fj01c08; wu:fk30b04; zgc:85951