domain family 1 is a member of a family of leucine zipper containing transcription factors with repressor activity and belongs to the large family of early response genes. TSC-22 regulates cell growth and differentiation, and cell death. Leucine zipper structure of TSC22 inhibits the anchorage independent growth of cancer cells.
TSC-22 is also an important downstream component of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) and TGF-beta signaling during intestinal epithelial cell differentiation. TSC22 encodes a transcription factor and belongs to the large family of early response genes.TSC22D1 forms homodimers via its conserved leucine zipper domain and heterodimerizes with TSC22D4. TSC22D1 has transcriptional repressor activity.