pfam06212: GRIM-19 (this model, PSSM-Id:399311 is obsolete and has been replaced by 461852)
GRIM-19 protein
This family consists of several eukaryotic gene associated with retinoic-interferon-induced mortality 19 (GRIM-19) proteins. GRIM-19, was reported to encode a small protein primarily distributed in the nucleus and was able to promote cell death induced by IFN-beta and RA. A bovine homolog of GRIM-19 was co-purified with mitochondrial NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) in bovine heart. Therefore, its exact cellular localization and function are unclear. It has now been discovered that GRIM-19 is a specific interacting protein which negatively regulates Stat3 activity.