transcription factor AP-2 epsilon (AP2-epsilon, activating enhancer-binding protein 2 epsilon, TFAP2E)

Function

• activating protein 2 (transcription factor AP2)
• AP-2 epsilon may play a role in the development of the CNS & in cartilage differentiation (putative)
• binds DNA as a dimer
• can form homodimers or heterodimers with other AP-2 family members (putative)

Structure

belongs to the AP-2 family

Compartment

nucleus (putative)

Expression

• expressed in skin, primary keratinocytes, immortalized keratinocytes, & HeLa cells

More general terms

• activating protein 2 (AP2)
• phosphoprotein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q6VUC0.html