Products

Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (Cell)

Entrez GeneID

Gene Name

TAF15

Gene Alias

Npl3, RBP56, TAF2N, TAFII68, hTAFII68

Gene Description

TAF15 RNA polymerase II, TATA box binding protein (TBP)-associated factor, 68kDa

Omim ID

Gene Ontology

Gene Summary

Initiation of transcription by RNA polymerase II requires the activities of more than 70 polypeptides. The protein that coordinates these activities is transcription factor IID (TFIID), which binds to the core promoter to position the polymerase properly, serves as the scaffold for assembly of the remainder of the transcription complex, and acts as a channel for regulatory signals. TFIID is composed of the TATA-binding protein (TBP) and a group of evolutionarily conserved proteins known as TBP-associated factors or TAFs. TAFs may participate in basal transcription, serve as coactivators, function in promoter recognition or modify general transcription factors (GTFs) to facilitate complex assembly and transcription initiation. This gene encodes a subunit of TFIID present in a subset of TFIID complexes. Translocations involving chromosome 17 and chromosome 9, where the gene for the nuclear receptor CSMF is located, result in a gene fusion product that is an RNA binding protein associated with a subset of extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcomas. Two transcripts encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq

Other Designations

RBP56/CSMF fusion|RNA-binding protein 56|TAF15 RNA polymerase II, TATA box binding protein (TBP)-associated factor, 68 kD|TATA box binding protein (TBP)-associated factor, RNA polymerase II, N, 68kD (RNA-binding protein 56)|TATA box-binding protein-associ