C/EBP Alpha (C/EBPalpha) Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

The protein encoded by this intronless gene is a bZIP transcription factor which can bind as a homodimer to certain promoters and enhancers. It can also form heterodimers with the related proteins CEBP-beta and CEBP-gamma. The encoded protein has been shown to bind to the promoter and modulate the expression of the gene encoding leptin, a protein that plays an important role in body weight homeostasis. Also, the encoded protein can interact with CDK2 and CDK4, thereby inhibiting these kinases and causing growth arrest in cultured cells. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

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; cell maturation; response to glucocorticoid stimulus; 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; generation of precursor metabolites and energy; organ regeneration; granulocyte differentiation; transcription, DNA-dependent; 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; lung development; urea cycle

Disease: Leukemia, Acute Myeloid