MAFF

The protein encoded by this gene is a basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor that lacks a transactivation domain. It is known to bind the US-2 DNA element in the promoter of the oxytocin receptor (OTR) gene and most likely heterodimerizes with other leucine zipper-containing proteins to enhance expression of the OTR gene during term pregnancy. The encoded protein can also form homodimers, and since it lacks a transactivation domain, the homodimer may act as a repressor of transcription. This gene may also be involved in the cellular stress response. Multiple transcript variants encoding two different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2009]

Description

MAF bZIP transcription factor F

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm, Mitochondria

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)
Transcription factors

Chromosome

22 (38200767 - 38216507)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000185022  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Maff: ENSMUSG00000042622

UniProt

Q9ULX9

neXtProt

NX_Q9ULX9

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure