UniProt functional annotation for Q9BU19

UniProt code: Q9BU19.

Organism: Homo sapiens (Human).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
 
Function: May act as an transcriptional repressor for PCK1 gene expression, in turn may participate in the hepatic gluconeogenesis regulation through the activated AMPK signaling pathway. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17097062, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21910974}.
 
Subcellular location: Nucleus {ECO:0000305}.
Tissue specificity: Ubiquitous (PubMed:17097062). Highly expressed in brain, thymus and spleen (PubMed:17097062). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17097062}.
Ptm: Phosphorylation at Ser-470 results in loss of DNA-binding activity. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17097062}.
Similarity: Belongs to the krueppel C2H2-type zinc-finger protein family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.