RFX1
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesRFX1, EFC, RFX, regulatory factor X1
External IDsOMIM: 600006 MGI: 105982 HomoloGene: 2189 GeneCards: RFX1
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

5989

19724

Ensembl

ENSG00000132005
ENSG00000288283

ENSMUSG00000031706

UniProt

P22670

P48377

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002918

NM_009055

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002909

NP_033081

Location (UCSC)Chr 19: 13.96 – 14.01 MbChr 8: 84.79 – 84.82 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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MHC class II regulatory factor RFX1 is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the RFX1 gene located on the short arm of chromosome 19.[5][6][7]

Structure

The RFX1 gene is a member of the regulatory factor X (RFX) gene family, which encodes transcription factors that contain five conserved domains including a highly conserved, centrally located, winged helix DNA binding domain as well as a dimerization domain located in the C-terminal region of the sequence.[8] Apart from the five conserved domains, the RFX proteins diverge significantly. The DNA binding and dimerization domains of the RFX family proteins show no similarities to the other domains with the same functions in other proteins.[6]

Species distribution

The RFX protein family is conserved in S. pombe, S. cerevisiae, C. elegans, mice and humans.[9] There are seven known RFX proteins in humans, five in mice, and one in C. elegans as well as one in each of the two species of yeast.[9][10]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is structurally related to regulatory factors X2, X3, X4, and X5. It is a transcriptional activator that can bind DNA as a monomer or as a heterodimer with RFX family members X2, X3, and X5, but not with X4. This protein binds to the Xboxes of MHC class II genes and is essential for their expression. Also, it can bind to an inverted repeat that is required for expression of hepatitis B virus genes.[7] The RFX proteins were originally cloned and characterized due to their high affinity for a cis-acting promoter sequence, called the Xbox, found in all MHC class II genes.[6]

Levels of mRNA encoding this protein as well as RFX2 and RFX3 are found to be consistently elevated in the testis and are variable in other tissues throughout the body.[6]

RFX1 contains a C-terminal sequence with no apparent homology to other RFX proteins. This C-terminal tail contains an acidic region that is thought to aid in crossing the nuclear membrane. Two major functions are hypothesized to this exist for this domain: a contribution to the nuclear localization signal (NLS) as well as the contradictory down-regulation of DNA binding as well as nuclear association. These two functions were originally identified through sequence mutations and translational fusions with gfp (green fluorescent protein) and remain to be confirmed.[11]

Interactions

RFX1 has been shown to interact with Abl gene.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 ENSG00000288283 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000132005, ENSG00000288283 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000031706 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ↑ Pugliatti L, Derre J, Berger R, Ucla C, Reith W, Mach B (Sep 1992). "The genes for MHC class II regulatory factors RFX1 and RFX2 are located on the short arm of chromosome 19". Genomics. 13 (4): 1307–10. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(92)90052-T. PMID 1505960.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Reith W, Ucla C, Barras E, Gaud A, Durand B, Herrero-Sanchez C, Kobr M, Mach B (Feb 1994). "RFX1, a transactivator of hepatitis B virus enhancer I, belongs to a novel family of homodimeric and heterodimeric DNA-binding proteins". Mol Cell Biol. 14 (2): 1230–44. doi:10.1128/mcb.14.2.1230. PMC 358479. PMID 8289803.
  7. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: RFX1 regulatory factor X, 1 (influences HLA class II expression)".
  8. ↑ Emery P, Durand B, Mach B, Reith W (March 1996). "RFX proteins, a novel family of DNA binding proteins conserved in the eukaryotic kingdom". Nucleic Acids Res. 24 (5): 803–7. doi:10.1093/nar/24.5.803. PMC 145730. PMID 8600444.
  9. 1 2 3 Agami R, Shaul Y (April 1998). "The kinase activity of c-Abl but not v-Abl is potentiated by direct interaction with RFXI, a protein that binds the enhancers of several viruses and cell-cycle regulated genes". Oncogene. 16 (14): 1779–88. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1201708. PMID 9583676.
  10. ↑ Aftab S, Semenec L, Chu JS, Chen N (2008). "Identification and characterization of novel human tissue-specific RFX transcription factors". BMC Evol. Biol. 8 (1): 226. Bibcode:2008BMCEE...8..226A. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-226. PMC 2533330. PMID 18673564.
  11. ↑ Katan-Khaykovich Y, Shaul Y (May 2001). "Nuclear import and DNA-binding activity of RFX1. Evidence for an autoinhibitory mechanism". Eur. J. Biochem. 268 (10): 3108–16. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02211.x. PMID 11358531.

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