activating transcription factor 7; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-7; transcription factor ATF-A (ATF7, ATFA)

Function

• binds the cAMP response element (CRE) (consensus: 5'-GTGACGT[AG][AG]-3'), a sequence present in many viral & cellular promoters
• binds DNA as a dimer

Structure

• belongs to the bZIP family
• contains 1 bZIP domain
• contains 1 C2H2-type Zn+2 finger

Compartment

nucleus

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=3

More general terms

• activating transcription factor
• phosphoprotein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P17544.html
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1101
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/606371
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=11016