Protein
POU domain, class 3, transcription factor 1
Organism
Rattus norvegicus
Function
Transcription factor that binds to the octamer motif (5'-ATTTGCAT-3'). Thought to be involved in early embryogenesis and neurogenesis. Both in normal development and in response to nerve transection, SCIP expression was transiently activated only during the period of rapid cell division that separates the premyelinating and myelinating phases of Schwann cell differentiation. In cotransfection assays, scip acted as a transcriptional repressor of myelin specific genes.
Similarity
Belongs to the POU transcription factor family. Class-3 subfamily.
Sequence
MATTAQYLPRGPGGGAGGTGPLMHPDAAAAAAAAAAAERLHAGAAYREVQKLMHHEWLGAGAGHPVGLAHPQWLPTGGGGGGDWAGGPHLEHGKAGGGSTGRADDGGGGGGFHARLVHQGAAHAGAAWAQGGTAHHLGPAMSPSPGAGGGHQPQPLGLYAQAAYPGGGGGGLAGMLAAGGGGAGPGLHHALHEDGHEAQLEPSPPPHLGAHGHAHGHAHAGGLHAAAAHLHPGAGGGGSSVGEHSDEDAPSSDDLEQFAKQFKQRRIKLGFTQADVGLALGTLYGNVFSQTTICRFEALQLSFKNMCKLKPLLNKWLEETDSSSGSPTNLDKIAAQGRKRKKRTSIEVGVKGALESHFLKCPKPSAHEITGLADSLQLEKEVVRVWFCNRRQKEKRMTPAAGAGHPPMDDVYAPGELGPGGGSASPPSAPPPPPPAALHHHHHHTLPGSVQ