UniProt functional annotation for Q8IZX4

UniProt code: Q8IZX4.

Organism: Homo sapiens (Human).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
 
Function: May act as a functional substitute for TAF1/TAFII250 during male meiosis, when sex chromosomes are transcriptionally silenced. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12217962}.
 
Subunit: Can bind directly to TATA-box binding protein (TBP). Interacts (via bromo domains) with acetylated lysine residues on the N-terminus of histone H1.4, H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 (in vitro). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12217962, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22464331}.
Subcellular location: Nucleus {ECO:0000250}.
Tissue specificity: Testis specific, expressed apparently in germ cells.
Similarity: Belongs to the TAF1 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.