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Most malignant cells were weakly stained or negative. Moderate cytoplasmic and nuclear positivity was observed in breast and several cases of testicular cancers.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
DRAP1 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
NC2-alpha
Description
DR1-associated protein 1 (negative cofactor 2 alpha) (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
Transcriptional repression is a general mechanism for regulating transcriptional initiation in organisms ranging from yeast to humans. Accurate initiation of transcription from eukaryotic protein-encoding genes requires the assembly of a large multiprotein complex consisting of RNA polymerase II and general transcription factors such as TFIIA, TFIIB, and TFIID. DR1 is a repressor that interacts with the TATA-binding protein (TBP) of TFIID and prevents the formation of an active transcription complex by precluding the entry of TFIIA and/or TFIIB into the preinitiation complex. The protein encoded by this gene is a corepressor of transcription that interacts with DR1 to enhance DR1-mediated repression. The interaction between this corepressor and DR1 is required for corepressor function and appears to stabilize the TBP-DR1-DNA complex. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]