InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Mus musculus Protein: Usf2

Summary

InnateDB Protein

IDBP-626357.2

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

Usf2

Protein Name

upstream transcription factor 2

Synonyms

bHLHb12; Usf-2;

Species

Mus musculus

Ensembl Protein

ENSMUSP00000132021

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-171814 (Usf2)

Protein Structure

UniProt Annotation

Function

Transcription factor that binds to a symmetrical DNA sequence (E-boxes) (5'-CACGTG-3') that is found in a variety of viral and cellular promoters.

Subcellular Localization

Nucleus.

Disease Associations

Tissue Specificity

Comments

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 1 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 22 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.

Experimentally validated
Total	1 [view]
Protein-Protein	0
Protein-DNA	1 [view]
Protein-RNA	0
DNA-DNA	0
RNA-RNA	0
DNA-RNA	0

Predicted by orthology
Total	22 [view]

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

Accession	GO Term
GO:0000978	RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0003677	DNA binding
GO:0003690	double-stranded DNA binding
GO:0003705	RNA polymerase II distal enhancer sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity
GO:0005515	protein binding
GO:0042803	protein homodimerization activity
GO:0043425	bHLH transcription factor binding
GO:0046982	protein heterodimerization activity
GO:0046983	protein dimerization activity

Biological Process

GO:0000432	positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter by glucose
GO:0006357	regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0006366	transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0007595	lactation
GO:0045893	positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0055088	lipid homeostasis