Biology:Sp2 transcription factor

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Transcription factor Sp2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SP2 gene.[1][2][3]

Function

This gene encodes a member of the Sp subfamily of Sp/XKLF transcription factors. Sp family proteins are sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins characterized by an amino-terminal trans-activation domain and three carboxy-terminal zinc finger motifs. This protein contains the least conserved DNA-binding domain within the Sp subfamily of proteins, and its DNA sequence specificity differs from the other Sp proteins. It localizes primarily within subnuclear foci associated with the nuclear matrix, and can activate or in some cases repress expression from different promoters.[3]

Interactions

Sp2 transcription factor has been shown to interact with E2F1.[4]

References

  1. "Cloning of GT box-binding proteins: a novel Sp1 multigene family regulating T-cell receptor gene expression". Mol Cell Biol 12 (10): 4251–61. Oct 1992. doi:10.1128/mcb.12.10.4251. PMID 1341900. 
  2. "Assignment1 of Sp genes to rat chromosome bands 7q36 (Sp1), 10q31→q32.1 (Sp2), 3q24→q31 (Sp3) and 6q33 (Sp4) and of the SP2 gene to human chromosome bands 17q21.3→q22 by in situ hybridization". Cytogenet Cell Genet 81 (3–4): 273–4. Oct 1998. doi:10.1159/000015044. PMID 9730617. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: SP2 Sp2 transcription factor". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=6668. 
  4. "Transcription factors of the Sp1 family: interaction with E2F and regulation of the murine thymidine kinase promoter". J. Mol. Biol. 293 (5): 1005–15. Nov 1999. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1999.3213. PMID 10547281. 

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