NCBI Accession #
NP_001324815.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001336039.1
NCBI Official Full Name
heat shock transcription factor A2
NCBI Official Symbol
HSFA2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATHSFA2; heat shock transcription factor A2; T19L18.4; T19L18_4
NCBI Protein Information
heat shock transcription factor A2
NCBI Summary
member of Heat Stress Transcription Factor (Hsf) family. Involved in response to misfolded protein accumulation in the cytosol. Regulated by alternative splicing and non-sense-mediated decay.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
HSF04; AtHsfA2
UniProt Protein Name
Heat stress transcription factor A-2
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
AtHsf-04
UniProt Primary Accession #
O80982
UniProt Related Accession #
O80982
UniProt Comments
Transcriptional activator that specifically binds DNA sequence 5'-AGAAnnTTCT-3' known as heat shock promoter elements (HSE). Involved in heat stress responses. Seems to be involved in other environmental stress responses. Activates ascorbate peroxidase 2 (APX2) in addition to several heat shock protein (HSPs).