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Facts about Protein fem-1 homolog B.
Also involved in glucose homeostasis in pancreatic islet. Functions as an adapter/mediator in replication stress-induced signaling that contributes to the activation of CHEK1.
| Human | |
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| Gene Name: | FEM1B |
| Uniprot: | Q9UK73 |
| Entrez: | 10116 |

| Belongs to: |
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| fem-1 family |

DKFZp451E0710; F1AA; F1A-alpha; FEM-1 (C.elegans) homolog b; fem-1 homolog b (C. elegans); FEM1b; FEM1-beta; FEM-1-like death receptor binding protein; Fem-1-like death receptor-binding protein alpha; Fem-1-like in apoptotic pathway protein alpha; FIAA; KIAA0396; protein fem-1 homolog B
Mass (kDA):
70.264 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 15q23 |
| Sequence: | 15; NC_000015.10 (68277745..68295862) |
Widely expressed. Highly expressed in testis. Weakly expressed in other tissues.
Cytoplasm. Nucleus. In the nucleus, the protein level increased slightly after camptothecin (CPT) treatment. Associated with chromatin.






PMID: 10542291 by Chan S.-L., et al. F1Aalpha, a death receptor-binding protein homologous to the Caenorhabditis elegans sex-determining protein, FEM-1, is a caspase substrate that mediates apoptosis.
PMID: 10623617 by Ventura-Holman T., et al. Sequence, organization, and expression of the human FEM1B gene.