TAF12

TAF12
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases TAF12, TAF2J, TAFII20, TATA-box binding protein associated factor 12
External IDs MGI: 1913714 HomoloGene: 68477 GeneCards: TAF12
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

6883

66464

Ensembl

ENSG00000120656

ENSMUSG00000028899

UniProt

Q16514

Q8VE65

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001135218
NM_005644

NM_025579

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001128690.1
NP_005635.1

NP_079855.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 28.59 – 28.64 Mb Chr 4: 132.27 – 132.3 Mb
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Transcription initiation factor TFIID subunit 12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAF12 gene.[3][4]

Function

Control of transcription by RNA polymerase II involves the basal transcription machinery, which is a collection of proteins. These proteins with RNA polymerase II, assemble into complexes that are modulated by transactivator proteins that bind to cis-regulatory elements located adjacent to the transcription start site. Some modulators interact directly with the basal complex, whereas others may act as bridging proteins linking transactivators to the basal transcription factors. Some of these associated factors are weakly attached, whereas others are tightly associated with TBP in the TFIID complex. Among the latter are the TAF proteins. Different TAFs are predicted to mediate the function of distinct transcriptional activators for a variety of gene promoters and RNA polymerases. TAF12 interacts directly with TBP as well as with TAF2I.[4]

Interactions

TAF12 has been shown to interact with TAF9[5] and Transcription initiation protein SPT3 homolog.[5]

References

Further reading


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