STAT5

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Identifiers
Symbol STAT5A
Alt. Symbols STAT5
Entrez 6776
HUGO 11366
OMIM 601511
RefSeq NM_003152
UniProt P42229
Other data
Locus Chr. 17 q11.2
Identifiers
Symbol STAT5B
Entrez 6777
HUGO 11367
OMIM 604260
RefSeq NM_012448
UniProt P51692
Other data
Locus Chr. 17 q11.2

STAT5 refers to two highly related proteins, STAT5a and STAT5b. STAT5a and STA5b are encoded by separate genes, but are 90% identical at the amino acid level. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Grimley PM, Dong F, Rui H. (1999) "Stat5a and Stat5b: fraternal twins of signal transduction and transcriptional activation." in Cytokine Growth Factor Rev Volume 10 (2), pages 131-57. Entrez PubMed 10743504