Anti-ATF4 Antibody Picoband®

ATF4, Activating Transcription Factor 4, is also know as CREB2. ATF4 belongs to the large ATF/CREB family of transcription factors which bind DNA via their basic region and dimerize via their leucine zipper domain to form a variety of homo- and heterodimers to regulate gene transcription. It is identified that members of this family share significant sequence similarity within a leucine zipper DNA-binding motif and an adjacent basic region. The ATF4 gene is mapped to chromosome 22. Unlike CREB, which activates transcription from CRE-containing promoters, CREB2 functions as a specific repressor of CRE-dependent transcription. The transcriptional repressor activity resides within the C-terminal leucine zipper and basic domain region of the CREB2 protein.

Cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4; cAMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4; Activating transcription factor 4; Cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 2; CREB-2; cAMP-responsive element-binding protein 2; DNA-binding protein TAXREB67; Tax-responsive enhancer element-binding protein 67; TaxREB67; ATF4; CREB2, TXREB

Transcriptional activator. Binds the cAMP response element (CRE) (consensus: 5'-GTGACGT[AC][AG]-3'), a sequence present in many viral and cellular promoters. Cooperates with FOXO1 in osteoblasts to regulate glucose homeostasis through suppression of beta-cell production and decrease in insulin production (By similarity) . It binds to a Tax-responsive enhancer element in the long terminal repeat of HTLV-I. Regulates the induction of DDIT3/CHOP and asparagine synthetase (ASNS) in response to ER stress. In concert with DDIT3/CHOP, activates the transcription of TRIB3 and promotes ER stress-induced neuronal apoptosis by regulating the transcriptional induction of BBC3/PUMA. Activates transcription of SIRT4. Regulates the circadian expression of the core clock component PER2 and the serotonin transporter SLC6A4. Binds in a circadian time-dependent manner to the cAMP response elements (CRE) in the SLC6A4 and PER2 promoters and periodically activates the transcription of these genes. .

1. De Angelis, R., Iezzi, S., Bruno, T., Corbi, N., Di Padova, M., Floridi, A., Fanciulli, M., Passananti, C.Functional interaction of the subunit 3 of RNA polymerase II (RPB3) with transcription factor-4 (ATF4) .FEBS Lett. 547: 15-19, 2003. 2. Hai, T., Liu, F., Coukos, W. J., Green, M. R.Transcription factor ATF cDNA clones: an extensive family of leucine zipper proteins able to selectively form DNA-binding heterodimers.Genes Dev. 3: 2083-2090, 1989. 3. Karpinski, B. A., Morle, G. D., Huggenvik, J., Uhler, M. D., Leiden, J. M.Molecular cloning of human CREB-2: an ATF/CREB transcription factor that can negatively regulate transcription from the cAMP response element.Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 89: 4820-4824, 1992.

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Cytoplasm. Cell membrane. Nucleus. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center, centrosome. Colocalizes with GABBR1 in hippocampal neuron dendritic membranes (By similarity) . Co- localizes with NEK6 in the centrosome. .