Functions as a negative regulator of myocyte differentiation. May interact with both sarcoplasmic structural proteins and nuclear proteins to regulate gene expression during muscle development and in response to muscle stress.
Subcellular locations: Cytoplasm, Myofibril, Sarcomere, I band, Cytoplasm, Cytosol, Nucleus, Nucleus, PML body
In the sarcoplasm of differentiated striated muscle cells, where it is cytosolic and enriched in the I band. In nucleus and PML bodies of proliferating and undifferentiated myoblasts. Associates with the euchromatin in the nucleus of myocytes upon muscle stress.
Mostly expressed in skeletal and cardiac muscles. Found in slow fibers. Also expressed in kidney, but to a lower extent (at protein level).