Full name: TRAF family member associated NFKB activator

Gene type: protein coding

RefSeq status: REVIEWED

Also known as: I-TRAF; ITRAF; TRAF2

Summary: The TRAF (tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor) family of proteins associate with and transduce signals from members of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily. The protein encoded by this gene is found in the cytoplasm and can bind to TRAF1, TRAF2, or TRAF3, thereby inhibiting TRAF function by sequestering the TRAFs in a latent state in the cytoplasm. For example, the protein encoded by this gene can block TRAF2 binding to LMP1, the Epstein-Barr virus transforming protein, and inhibit LMP1-mediated NF-kappa-B activation. Three alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2010]

Expression: Ubiquitous expression in appendix (RPKM 16.5), lymph node (RPKM 16.3) and 25 other tissues

Gene size: 99268bp

Exon count: 11