STAT6

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the STAT family of transcription factors. In response to cytokines and growth factors, STAT family members are phosphorylated by the receptor associated kinases, and then form homo- or heterodimers that translocate to the cell nucleus where they act as transcription activators. This protein plays a central role in exerting IL4 mediated biological responses. It is found to induce the expression of BCL2L1/BCL-X(L), which is responsible for the anti-apoptotic activity of IL4. Knockout studies in mice suggested the roles of this gene in differentiation of T helper 2 (Th2) cells, expression of cell surface markers, and class switch of immunoglobulins. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, May 2010]

Description

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 6

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm, Cytosol

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Cancer-related genes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)
Transcription factors

Chromosome

12 (57095408 - 57132139)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000166888  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Stat6: ENSMUSG00000002147

UniProt

P42226

neXtProt

NX_P42226

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure