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Facts about Interferon regulatory factor 6.
Plays a role in regulating mammary epithelial cell proliferation (By similarity). May regulate WDR65 transcription (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | IRF6 |
| Uniprot: | O14896 |
| Entrez: | 3664 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| IRF family |

interferon regulatory factor 6; IRF6; IRF-6; LPS; OFC6; OFC6PPS; PIT; PPS; Van der Woude syndrome; VWS; VWS1
Mass (kDA):
53.13 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q32.2 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (209785617..209806175, complement) |
Expressed in normal mammary epithelial cells. Expression is reduced or absent in breast carcinomas.
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Translocates to nucleus in response to an activating signal.





PMID: 16049006 by Bailey C.M., et al. Mammary serine protease inhibitor (Maspin) binds directly to interferon regulatory factor 6: identification of a novel serpin partnership.
PMID: 18212048 by Bailey C.M., et al. Interferon regulatory factor 6 promotes cell cycle arrest and is regulated by the proteasome in a cell cycle-dependent manner.