The protein encoded by this gene is a putative zinc finger transcription factor and oncoprotein. In acute myeloid leukemia, especially in the M2 subtype, the t(8;21)(q22;q22) translocation is one of the most frequent karyotypic abnormalities. The translocation produces a chimeric gene made up of the 5'-region of the RUNX1 gene fused to the 3'-region of this gene. The chimeric protein is thought to associate with the nuclear corepressor/histone deacetylase complex to block hematopoietic differentiation. Several transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq
Other Designations:
acute myelogenous leukemia 1 translocation 1 protein,acute myelogenous leukemia 1 translocation 1, cyclin-D related,core-binding factor, runt domain, alpha subunit 2; translocated to, 1; cyclin D-related,eight twenty one protein,myeloid translocation gene