barrier-to-autointegration factor-like protein (BAF-L, BAFL, BANF2, C20orf179)

Function

• role in BANF1 regulation (putative)
• influences tissue-specific roles of BANF1
• homodimer
• heterodimerizes with BANF1
• in contrast to BANF1, it does not seems to bind DNA

Structure

belongs to the BAF family

Compartment

nucleus, cytoplasm

Expression

• expressed strongly in testis & pancreas also detected in brain, colon, liver, lung, ovary, placenta, prostate, small intestine, spleen, thymus

not detected in heart, kidney & skeletal muscle

More general terms

• other protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9H503.html