Pituitary-specific Positive Transcription Factor 1
Gene Ontology | |
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Molecular function | • RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity involved in positive regulation of transcription • RNA polymerase II activating transcription factor binding • RNA polymerase II transcription coactivator activity • chromatin binding • sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity • transcription corepressor activity • sequence-specific DNA binding |
Cellular component | • nucleus • nucleolus • cytoplasm |
Biological process | • negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter • cell fate specification • transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter • positive regulation of cell proliferation • negative regulation of cell proliferation • determination of adult lifespan • B cell differentiation • positive regulation of inositol trisphosphate biosynthetic process • positive regulation of multicellular organism growth • regulation of insulin-like growth factor receptor signaling pathway • positive regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent • positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter • nuclear transport • somatotropin secreting cell development |
Sources: Amigo / QuickGO |
87.31 – 87.33 Mb
65.52 – 65.54 Mb
POU domain, class 1, transcription factor 1 (Pit1, growth hormone factor 1), also known as POU1F1, is a transcription factor for growth hormone.
PIT1 is a pituitary-specific transcription factor responsible for pituitary development and hormone expression in mammals and is a member of the POU family of transcription factors that regulate mammalian development. The POU family is so named because the first 3 members identified were PIT1 and OCT1 (MIM 164175) of mammals, and Unc-86 of C. elegans (Herr et al., 1988). PIT1 contains 2 protein domains, termed POU-specific and POU-homeo, which are both necessary for high affinity DNA binding on genes encoding growth hormone (GH; MIM 139250) and prolactin (PRL; MIM 176760). PIT1 is also important for regulation of the genes encoding prolactin and thyroid-stimulating hormone beta subunit (TSHB; MIM 188540) by thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH; MIM 257120) and cyclic AMP.
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