Germ cell nuclear factor

Germ cell nuclear factor
Nuclear receptor subfamily 6, group A, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols NR6A1; GCNF; GCNF1; NR61; RTR
External IDs OMIM602778 MGI1352459 HomoloGene36308 IUPHAR: NR6A1 GeneCards: NR6A1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 2649 14536
Ensembl ENSG00000148200 ENSMUSG00000063972
UniProt Q15406 Q687Z3
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001489.3 NM_010264
RefSeq (protein) NP_001480.3 NP_034394
Location (UCSC) Chr 9:
127.28 – 127.53 Mb
Chr 2:
38.58 – 38.78 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

The germ cell nuclear factor (GCNF), also known as RTR (retinoid receptor-related testis-associated receptor) or NR6A1 (nuclear receptor subfamily 6, group A, member 1), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NR6A1 gene.[1][2] GCNF is a member of the nuclear receptor family of intracellular transcription factors .

In adults, GCNH is expressed mainly in the germ cells of gonads and is involved in the regulation of embryogenesis and germ cell differentiation.[3]

Its expression pattern suggests that it may be involved in neurogenesis and germ cell development. The protein can homodimerize and bind DNA, but in vivo targets have not been identified. The gene expresses three alternatively spliced transcript variants.[4]

References

  1. ^ Lei W, Hirose T, Zhang LX, Adachi H, Spinella MJ, Dmitrovsky E, Jetten AM (1997). "Cloning of the human orphan receptor germ cell nuclear factor/retinoid receptor-related testis-associated receptor and its differential regulation during embryonal carcinoma cell differentiation". J. Mol. Endocrinol. 18 (2): 167–76. doi:10.1677/jme.0.0180167. PMID 9134503. 
  2. ^ Süsens U, Borgmeyer U (1996). "Characterization of the human germ cell nuclear factor gene". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1309 (3): 179–82. PMID 8982251. 
  3. ^ Zechel C (2005). "The germ cell nuclear factor (GCNF)". Mol. Reprod. Dev. 72 (4): 550–6. doi:10.1002/mrd.20377. PMID 16155958. 
  4. ^ "Entrez Gene: NR6A1 nuclear receptor subfamily 6, group A, member 1". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2649. 

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