ETS Transcription Factor ELK3
SAP2
NET
SRF Accessory Protein 2
ERP
ELK3, ETS-Domain Protein (SRF Accessory Protein 2)
Serum Response Factor Accessory Protein 2
ETS Domain-Containing Protein Elk-3
ETS-Related Protein ERP
ETS-Related Protein NET
SAP-2
ELK3, ETS Transcription Factor
This gene encodes a member of the ETS-domain transcription factor family and the ternary complex factor (TCF) subfamily. Proteins in this subfamily regulate transcription when recruited by serum response factor to bind to serum response elements. This protein is activated by signal-induced phosphorylation; studies in rodents suggest that it is a transcriptional inhibitor in the absence of Ras, but activates transcription when Ras is present. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2015]
Forensic Context
A study in humans identified the ELK3 as a single-gene blood biomarker, where a machine-learning classifier using 20 genes, including the ELK3, differentiated methamphetamine dependents without psychosis from those with methamphetamine-associated psychosis with 95% accuracy [Breen et al. DOI:10.1038/tp.2016.67].