Background information
The NGG1 interacting factor 3-like 1 (NIF3L1) is a 377 amino acid protein expressed mainly in the cytoplasm of cells in several different tissues. It has been highly conserved throughout evolution, from bacteria to mammals. NIF3L participates in retinoic acid-primed neural differentiation of P19 embryonic carcinoma cells by cooperating with Trip15/CSN2, a transcriptional corepressor/component of COP9 signalosome. NIF3L1 interacts with itself and with the NIF3L1 binding protein 1 (NIF3L1 BP1), which is a novel protein presumed to contain a leucine zipper domain.