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Facts about Transcription initiation factor TFIID subunit 2.
It requires core promoter-specific cofactors for productive transcription stimulation. TAF2 stabilizes TFIID binding to core promoter.
| Human | |
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| Gene Name: | TAF2 |
| Uniprot: | Q6P1X5 |
| Entrez: | 6873 |

| Belongs to: |
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| TAF2 family |

150 kDa cofactor of initiator function; CIF150TAFII-150; cofactor of initiator function, 150kD subunit; TAF(II)150; TAF2 RNA polymerase II, TATA box binding protein (TBP)-associated factor; TAF2B; TAFII150RNA polymerase II TBP-associated factor subunit B; TATA box binding protein (TBP)-associated factor, RNA polymerase II, B, 150kD; TBP-associated factor 150 kDa; Transcription initiation factor TFIID 150 kDa subunit; transcription initiation factor TFIID subunit 2
Mass (kDA):
136.971 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 8q24.12 |
| Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (119730773..119832858, complement) |
Expressed in all tissues tested.
Nucleus.




PMID: 9418870 by Kaufmann J., et al. CIF150, a human cofactor for transcription factor IID-dependent initiator function.
PMID: 9774672 by Martinez E., et al. Novel cofactors and TFIIA mediate functional core promoter selectivity by the human TAFII150-containing TFIID complex.