Biological Activity
KCMF1 (DEBT91) is mapped to chromosome 2p11.2 in humans. It encodes a 381 amino acid molecule with high Ser and Thr composition and is highly conserved at its N-terminus across species. DEBT91 is suggested to be a coiled-coil nuclear phosphoprotein with zinc finger motifs at the N-terminal conserved region, which is rich in cysteine and histidine. It is an immediate early gene up-regulated during growth factor-induced branching tubulogenesis. DEBT91 plays an important role in gastric carcinogenesis. Its upregulation in response to bFGF in gastric cancer might be implicated in carcinogenesis through dysregulation of growth modulator.