DEK Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

This gene encodes a protein with one SAP domain. This protein binds to cruciform and superhelical DNA and induces positive supercoils into closed circular DNA, and is also involved in splice site selection during mRNA processing. Chromosomal aberrations involving this region, increased expression of this gene, and the presence of antibodies against this protein are all associated with various diseases. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2008]

DEK: a ubiquitous protein with a SAP domain, which is found in a variety of nuclear proteins involved in transcription, DNA repair, RNA processing or apoptotic chromatin degradation. This protein binds to cruciform and superhelical DNA and induces positive supercoils into closed circular DNA and is also involved in splice site selection during mRNA processing. A chromosomal aberration involving DEK is found in a subset of acute myeloid leukemias (AML).

Protein type: DNA replication; Histone-binding; DNA-binding; Oncoprotein; RNA splicing

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 6p22.3

Cellular Component: contractile fiber; nucleoplasm; nucleus

Molecular Function: DNA binding; histone binding

Biological Process: chromatin modification; positive regulation of gene expression, epigenetic; regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; signal transduction; transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; viral genome replication