title: The allograft inflammatory factor-1 family of proteins.
abstract: The allograft inflammatory factor-1 (AIF-1) is a 17 kDa interferon-gamma-inducible Ca(2+)-binding EF-hand protein that is encoded within the HLA class III genomic region. Three proteins are probably identical with AIF-1 termed Iba1 (ionized Ca(2+)-binding adapter), MRF-1 (microglia response factor) and daintain. Considerable but not complete sequence identity with AIF-1 has been described for IRT-1 (interferon-responsive transcript), BART-1 (balloon angioplasty-responsive transcript), and other, yet unassigned alternatively spliced variants. In this review, genomic and functional characteristics of AIF-1-related proteins are summarized and a common nomenclature is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Calwer Str. 3, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany. martin.deininger@uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: Martin H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Deininger
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meyermann
authors.forename: Hermann J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schluesener
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: C112986:AIF1 protein, human; C491049:Aif1 protein, mouse; C100745:Aif1 protein, rat; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins