Transcription factor SPT20 homolog (SUPT20H)

Required for MAP kinase p38 (MAPK11, MAPK12, MAPK13 and/or MAPK14) activation during gastrulation. Required for down- regulation of E-cadherin during gastrulation by regulating E- cadherin protein level downstream from NCK-interacting kinase (NIK) and independently of the regulation of transcription by FGF signaling and Snail (By similarity).

Required for starvation- induced ATG9A trafficking during autophagy. .