Unconventional prefoldin RPB5 interactor 1 (URI1)

Involved in gene transcription regulation. Acts as a transcriptional repressor in concert with the corepressor UXT to regulate androgen receptor (AR) transcription.

May act as a tumor suppressor to repress AR-mediated gene transcription and to inhibit anchorage-independent development in prostate cancer cells. Required for cell survival in ovarian cancer cells.