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FOXK2

Forkhead box protein K2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FOXK2 gene.

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Length
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Source
FOXK2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesFOXK2, ILF, ILF-1, ILF1, forkhead box K2, nGTBP
External IDsOMIM: 147685; MGI: 1916087; HomoloGene: 18748; GeneCards: FOXK2; OMA:FOXK2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_004514
NM_181430
NM_181431

NM_001080932
NM_001363033

RefSeq (protein)

NP_004505

NP_001074401
NP_001349962

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 82.52 – 82.64 MbChr 11: 121.26 – 121.31 Mb
PubMed search34
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Forkhead box protein K2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FOXK2 gene.56

The protein encoded by this gene contains a fork head DNA binding domain. This protein can bind to the purine-rich motifs of the HIV long terminal repeat (LTR), and to the similar purine-rich motif in the interleukin 2 (IL2) promoter. It may be involved in the regulation of viral and cellular promoter elements.6

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000141568Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000039275Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Durand DB, Shaw JP, Bush MR, Replogle RE, Belagaje R, Crabtree GR (Jul 1988). "Characterization of antigen receptor response elements within the interleukin-2 enhancer". Mol Cell Biol. 8 (4): 1715–24. doi:10.1128/MCB.8.4.1715. PMC 363332. PMID 3260003.
  6. "Entrez Gene: FOXK2 forkhead box K2".
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