Transcription factor that binds to the octamer motif (5'-ATTTGCAT-3'). Forms a trimeric complex with SOX2 on DNA and controls the expression of a number of genes involved in embryonic development such as YES1, FGF4, UTF1 and ZFP206. Critical for early embryogenesis and for embryonic stem cell pluripotency1) Pesce, M. and Scholer, H. R. (2001) Stem Cells 19, 271-278. Pan, G. and Thomson, J. A. (2007) Cell Res 17, 42-9. Cauffman, G. et al. (2006) Stem Cells 24, 2685-91.
Immunogen
OCT-4 antibody was raised against a peptide sequence around aa.232~236 (R-K-R-T-S) derived from OCT-4.