vasculin (GC-rich promoter-binding protein 1, vascular wall-linked protein, GPBP1, GPBP, SSH6)

Function

• GC-rich promoter-specific transactivating transcription factor (putative)
• interacts with GTF2B, GTF2F2, RNA polymerase II & TBP

Structure

belongs to the vasculin family

Compartment

• nucleus
• cytoplasm

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=4

Expression

• widely expressed
• some isoforms may be specifically expressed in veins & arteries (at protein level)
• isoform 4 is widely expressed
• isoforms 1, 2 & 3 may be specifically expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells

More general terms

• transcription factor (TF)

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:6505
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/608412
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q86WP2.html