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Moderate to strong nuclear and/or cytoplasmic immunoreactivity was observed in most carcinoids along with few colorectal, pancreatic, renal and liver cancers. Remaining cancer tissues were generally negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
A1CF (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
ACF, ACF64, ACF65, APOBEC1CF, ASP
Description
APOBEC1 complementation factor (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
Mammalian apolipoprotein B mRNA undergoes site-specific C to U deamination, which is mediated by a multi-component enzyme complex containing a minimal core composed of APOBEC-1 and a complementation factor encoded by this gene. The gene product has three non-identical RNA recognition motifs and belongs to the hnRNP R family of RNA-binding proteins. It has been proposed that this complementation factor functions as an RNA-binding subunit and docks APOBEC-1 to deaminate the upstream cytidine. Studies suggest that the protein may also be involved in other RNA editing or RNA processing events. Several transcript variants encoding a few different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2010]