Background: 14-3-3 zeta

14-3-3 proteins constitute a highly conserved family of homo- and heterodimeric proteins present in high abundance in all eukaryotic cells. 14-3-3 proteins act as key regulators of intracellular signal transduction through their ability to bind specific motifs containing phosphorylated serine or threonine residues. There are at least seven distinct 14-3-3 genes in vertebrates: alpha/beta, epsilon, eta, gamma, theta, sigma, and zeta/delta.

• Entrez Gene IDs:

  7534 (Human)

• Alternate Names:

  1433 zeta; 14-3-3 zeta; KCIP-1; KCIP-1MGC126532,14-3-3-zeta; MGC111427; MGC138156; tyrosine 3-monooxygenase/tryptophan 5-monooxygenase activation protein, deltapolypeptide; tyrosine 3-monooxygenase/tryptophan 5-monooxygenase activation protein, zetapolypeptide; YWHAZ; zeta polypeptide