Nuclear Factor-Kappa B (NF-kappaB) ELISA Kit for Human

This gene encodes a 105 kD protein which can undergo cotranslational processing by the 26S proteasome to produce a 50 kD protein. The 105 kD protein is a Rel protein-specific transcription inhibitor and the 50 kD protein is a DNA binding subunit of the NF-kappa-B (NFKB) protein complex. NFKB is a transcription regulator that is activated by various intra- and extra-cellular stimuli such as cytokines, oxidant-free radicals, ultraviolet irradiation, and bacterial or viral products. Activated NFKB translocates into the nucleus and stimulates the expression of genes involved in a wide variety of biological functions. Inappropriate activation of NFKB has been associated with a number of inflammatory diseases while persistent inhibition of NFKB leads to inappropriate immune cell development or delayed cell growth. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms, at least one of which is proteolytically processed. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016]

NFkB-p105: a transcription factor of the nuclear factor-kappaB ( NFkB) group. Undergoes cotranslational processing by the 26S proteasome to produce a 50 kD protein. The 105 kD protein is a Rel protein-specific transcription inhibitor and the 50 kD protein is a DNA binding subunit of NFkB. NFkB is a transcription regulator that is activated by various intra- and extra-cellular stimuli such as cytokines, oxidant-free radicals, ultraviolet irradiation, and bacterial or viral products. Activated NFkB translocates into the nucleus and stimulates the expression of genes involved in a wide variety of biological functions. Inappropriate activation of NFkB has been associated with a number of inflammatory diseases while persistent inhibition of NFkB leads to inappropriate immune cell development or delayed cell growth. There are five NFkB proteins in mammals (RelA/NFkB-p65, RelB, c-Rel, NF-_B1/NFkB-p105, and NF-_B2/NFkB-p100). They form a variety of homodimers and heterodimers, each of which activates its own characteristic set of genes. Two alternatively spliced isoforms have been described.

Protein type: DNA-binding; Transcription factor

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 4q24

Cellular Component: cytoplasm; cytosol; extracellular region; mitochondrion; nucleoplasm; nucleus; secretory granule lumen

Molecular Function: actinin binding; chromatin binding; DNA binding transcription factor activity; identical protein binding; protein binding; protein heterodimerization activity; protein homodimerization activity; transcription factor binding; transcription regulatory region DNA binding

Biological Process: apoptosis; cellular response to dsRNA; cellular response to interleukin-1; cellular response to interleukin-6; cellular response to nicotine; cellular response to peptide hormone stimulus; cellular response to tumor necrosis factor; Fc-epsilon receptor signaling pathway; I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB signaling; inflammatory response; innate immune response; membrane protein intracellular domain proteolysis; negative regulation of apoptosis; negative regulation of calcidiol 1-monooxygenase activity; negative regulation of cellular protein metabolic process; negative regulation of cholesterol transport; negative regulation of gene expression; negative regulation of inflammatory response; negative regulation of interleukin-12 biosynthetic process; negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; negative regulation of vitamin D biosynthetic process; neutrophil degranulation; NIK/NF-kappaB signaling; positive regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway; positive regulation of hyaluronan biosynthetic process; positive regulation of interferon type I production; positive regulation of lipid storage; positive regulation of macrophage derived foam cell differentiation; positive regulation of miRNA metabolic process; positive regulation of NF-kappaB transcription factor activity; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; response to muscle stretch; stimulatory C-type lectin receptor signaling pathway; stress-activated MAPK cascade; T cell receptor signaling pathway; transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter

Disease: Immunodeficiency, Common Variable, 12