Gene content    
REL ( by HUGO)
V-Rel Avian Reticuloendotheliosis Viral Oncogene Homolog
Oncogene
V-Rel Avian Reticuloendotheliosis Viral Oncogene Homolog
C-Rel
C-Rel Proto-Oncogene Protein
Oncogene REL
Avian Reticuloendotheliosis
Proto-Oncogene C-Rel
V-Rel Reticuloendotheliosis Viral Oncogene Homolog
NCBI: 2p13-p12    Ensembl: 2p16.1
REL_HUMANSize: 619 amino acidsMass: 68520 Da

  • Subunit: Component of the NF-kappa-B p65-c-Rel complex. Component of the NF-kappa-B p50-c-Rel complex. Component of the NF-kappa-B p52-c-Rel complex. Homodimer; component of the NF-kappa-B c-Rel-c-Rel complex (By similarity). Interacts with NKIRAS1. Interacts with NFKBIB (By similarity). Interacts with NFKBIE
  • Function:
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Summary: REL_HUMAN, Q04864 Function: Proto-oncogene that may play a role in differentiation and lymphopoiesis. NF-kappa-B is a pleiotropic transcription factor which is present in almost all cell types and is involved in many biological processed such as inflammation, immunity, differentiation, cell growth, tumorigenesis and apoptosis. NF-kappa-B is a homo- or heterodimeric complex formed by the Rel-like domain-containing proteins RELA/p65, RELB, NFKB1/p105, NFKB1/p50, REL and NFKB2/p52. The dimers bind at kappa-B sites in the DNA of their target genes and the individual dimers have distinct preferences for different kappa-B sites that they can bind with distinguishable affinity and specificity. Different dimer combinations act as transcriptional activators or repressors, respectively. NF-kappa-B is controlled by various mechanisms of post-translational modification and subcellular compartmentalization as well as by interactions with other cofactors or corepressors. NF-kappa-B complexes are held in the cytoplasm in an inactive state complexed with members of the NF-kappa-B inhibitor (I-kappa-B) family. In a conventional activation pathway, I-kappa-B is phosphorylated by I-kappa-B kinases (IKKs) in response to different activators, subsequently degraded thus liberating the active NF-kappa-B complex which translocates to the nucleus. The NF-kappa-B heterodimer RELA/p65-c-Rel is a transcriptional activator
  • Similarity:
    Contains 1 RHD (Rel-like) domain [IMAGE]
  • Protein Domain/Family    
    Source ID Domain Name Type
    InterProIPR000451NF_Rel_DorNF-kappa-B/Rel/dorsalFamily
    IPR002909IPTCell surface receptor IPT/TIGDomain
    IPR008967p53-like_TF_DNA-bdp53-like transcription factor, DNA-bindingDomain
    IPR011539RHDRel homologyDomain
    BlocksIPB000451NF-kappa-B/Rel/dorsal familyNF-kappa-B/Rel/dorsal family
    IPB002909Cell surface receptor IPT/TIGCell surface receptor IPT/TIG

    Gene Ontology    
    Type Term Evidence Source Pub
    Biological Process positive regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB signaling IEP GOA 12761501
    positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter IDA GOA 1406630
    Molecular Function protein binding IPI GOA 14743216
    RNA polymerase II distal enhancer sequence-specific DNA binding IDA GOA 1406630
    sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity NAS GOA 8423996

    REL cross reference    
    PubMed OMIM Entrez Gene NCKU SNP Nucleotide UniProt Genome Data Viewer HomoloGene