CHOP, CEBPZ, CHOP1, CHOP-1, GADD153, DNA damage-inducible transcript 3 protein, DDIT-3, C/EBP zeta, C/EBP-homologous protein, C/EBP-homologous protein 1, CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein homologous protein, Growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein GA
Multifunctional transcription factor in ER stress response. Plays an essential role in the response to a wide variety of cell stresses and induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in response to ER stress. Plays a dual role both as an inhibitor of CCAAT/e