The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Activating Transcription Factor 2 across different species:

activating transcription factor 2 (ATF2), chimerin (chimaerin) 1 (CHN1), Activating transcription factor-2 (Atf-2)

Other aliases include:

HB16, CREB2, TREB7, CRE-BP1, MGC111558, ATF2, MGC142504, CHN1, CG12850, CG3749, dATF-2, DmelCG30420, CG30420

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Activating Transcription Factor 2:

activating transcription factor 2 – cAMP responsive element binding protein 2, formerly – activating transcription factor 2 splice variant ATF2-var2 – cyclic AMP response element binding protein 2 – chimerin (chimaerin) 1 – activating transcription factor-2, isoform A – CG30420-PA – Atf-2-PA – activating transcription factor-2, isoform C – CG30420-PC – Atf-2-PC – activating transcription factor-2, isoform B – CG30420-PB – Atf-2-PB

Activating Transcription Factor 2 fulfills a number of functions:

RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity – metal ion binding – protein dimerization activity – sequence-specific DNA binding – transcription coactivator activity – transcription factor activity – zinc ion binding – protein homodimerization activity – transcription activator activity

Activating Transcription Factor 2 is relevant to the following processes:

regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – response to salt stress – stress-activated MAPK cascade

Locations for Activating Transcription Factor 2:

cytosol – intracellular – nucleus – integral to membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology