ATF6 Products

Description

ATF6 is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-regulated transmembrane transcription factor that activates the transcription of ER molecules.[supplied by OMIM]

Bioinformatics

Entrez	22926 Human
Uniprot	AAH14969 Human AAH14969.1 Human NP_031374 Human NP_031374. Human P18850 Human
Product By Gene ID	22926
Alternate Names	Activating transcription factor 6 alpha activating transcription factor 6 atf6 a ATF6A ATF6-alpha cAMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-6 alpha cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-6 alpha

Research Areas for ATF6

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Lipid and Metabolism
Signal Transduction
Unfolded Protein Response

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A Key to Fight Stress: ATF6 The protein ATF6 is a constitutively expressed transcription factor that is a key mediator of the unfolded protein response (UPR) that allows mammalian cells to maintain cellular homeostasis under conditions of environmental and physiological stress. ...    Read more.

ATF6 - a key target in alcohol-induced fatty liver disease? The ATF6 endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-regulated transcription factor is constitutively expressed and plays a central role in the mammalian unfolded protein response (UPR). This fundamental pathway is responsible for balancing cellular hom...    Read more.

ATF6 - monitoring and regulating protein folding under cellular stress During times of cellular stress overloading of the protein folding machinery leads to the accumulation of incorrectly folded proteins. This triggers the unfolded protein response (UPR) in order to try to reestablish homeostasis or, if this fails, t...    Read more.

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