Protein Name upstream binding transcription factor
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 7343
Gene Symbol

UBTF

UniProt P17480 (UBF1_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 60
Total Number of Articles : 66
Description

upstream binding transcription factor

Gene Summary

This gene encodes a member of the HMG-box DNA-binding protein family. The encoded protein plays a critical role in ribosomal RNA transcription as a key component of the pre-initiation complex, mediating the recruitment of RNA polymerase I to rDNA promoter regions. The encoded protein may also play important roles in chromatin remodeling and pre-rRNA processing, and its activity is regulated by both phosphorylation and acetylation. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. Pseudogenes of this gene are located on the short arm of chromosomes 3, 11 and X and the long arm of chromosome 11. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]

synonyms
  • nucleolar transcription factor 1
  • 90-kDa nucleolus organizer region autoantigen
  • autoantigen NOR-90
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