A multiprotein complex composed of the products of c-jun and c-fos proto-oncogenes. These proteins must dimerize in order to bind to the AP-1 recognition site, also known as the TPA-responsive element (TRE). AP-1 controls both basal and inducible transcription of several genes. (mesh:D018808)
Synonym | Reference | Specificity |
AP1 | Exact | |
AP-1 | Exact |
Identifier | Name | Relation |
FPLX:JUN_family | JUN_family | partof |
FPLX:FOS_family | FOS_family | partof |