CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein Alpha (C/EBPalpha) ELISA Kit for Mouse

This intronless gene encodes a transcription factor that contains a basic leucine zipper (bZIP) domain and recognizes the CCAAT motif in the promoters of target genes. The encoded protein functions in homodimers and also heterodimers with CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins beta and gamma. Activity of this protein can modulate the expression of genes involved in cell cycle regulation as well as in body weight homeostasis. Mutation of this gene is associated with acute myeloid leukemia. The use of alternative in-frame non-AUG (GUG) and AUG start codons results in protein isoforms with different lengths. Differential translation initiation is mediated by an out-of-frame, upstream open reading frame which is located between the GUG and the first AUG start codons. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2013]

C/EBP-alpha: a bZIP transcription factor which can form homodimers or heterodimers with the related proteins CEBP-beta and CEBP-gamma. Binds to the promoter and modulate the expression of the gene encoding leptin, a protein that plays an important role in body weight homeostasis. Can interact with CDK2 and CDK4, thereby inhibiting these kinases and causing growth arrest in cultured cells.

Protein type: Transcription factor; DNA-binding

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 19q13.1

Cellular Component: Rb-E2F complex; nuclear matrix; nucleus

Molecular Function: RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity, enhancer binding; protein binding; protein homodimerization activity; DNA binding; protein heterodimerization activity; protein complex binding; transcription factor activity; transcription factor binding

Biological Process: transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; fat cell differentiation; embryonic placenta development; macrophage differentiation; viral reproduction; response to glucocorticoid stimulus; cell maturation; negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; glucose homeostasis; negative regulation of cell proliferation; response to vitamin B2; acute-phase response; inner ear development; cholesterol metabolic process; mitochondrion organization and biogenesis; organ regeneration; generation of precursor metabolites and energy; transcription, DNA-dependent; granulocyte differentiation; cytokine and chemokine mediated signaling pathway; negative regulation of cyclin-dependent protein kinase activity; liver development; positive regulation of osteoblast differentiation; positive regulation of proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process; white fat cell differentiation; brown fat cell differentiation; positive regulation of fat cell differentiation; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase III promoter; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; myeloid cell differentiation; urea cycle; lung development

Disease: Leukemia, Acute Myeloid