1A02, 1OWR, 1P7H, 1PZU, 2AS5, 2O93, 3QRF
4773
18019
ENSG00000101096
ENSMUSG00000027544
Q13469
Q60591
NM_001258297NM_012340NM_173091
NM_001291170NM_001291171NM_001291172NM_001291173NM_001291174NM_001291175NM_001291176NM_001291177NM_001291178NM_001291179NM_010899
NP_001245226NP_036472NP_775114
NP_001278099NP_001278100NP_001278101NP_001278102NP_001278103NP_001278104NP_001278105NP_001278106NP_001278107NP_001278108NP_035029
Nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NFATC2 gene.[5]
This gene is a member of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) family. The product of this gene is a DNA-binding protein with a REL-homology region (RHR) and an NFAT-homology region (NHR). This protein is present in the cytosol and only translocates to the nucleus upon T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation, where it becomes a member of the nuclear factors of activated T cells transcription complex. This complex plays a central role in inducing gene transcription during the immune response. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized.[6]
Translocation forming an in frame fusions product between EWSR1 gene and the NFATc2 gene has been described in bone tumor with a Ewing sarcoma-like clinical appearance. The translocation breakpoint led to the loss of the controlling elements of the NFATc2 protein and the fusion of the N terminal region of the EWSR1 gene conferred constant activation of the protein.[7]
NFATC2 has been shown to interact with MEF2D,[8] EP300,[9] IRF4[10] and Protein kinase Mζ.[11] Prostaglandin F2alpha stimulates a NFCT2 pathway stimulating growth of skeletal muscle cells.[12]
This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.