Structural highlights
Function
[REST_HUMAN] Transcriptional repressor which binds neuron-restrictive silencer element (NRSE) and represses neuronal gene transcription in non-neuronal cells. Restricts the expression of neuronal genes by associating with two distinct corepressors, mSin3 and CoREST, which in turn recruit histone deacetylase to the promoters of REST-regulated genes. Mediates repression by recruiting the BHC complex at RE1/NRSE sites which acts by deacetylating and demethylating specific sites on histones, thereby acting as a chromatin modifier.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Evolutionary Conservation
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References
- ↑ Chong JA, Tapia-Ramirez J, Kim S, Toledo-Aral JJ, Zheng Y, Boutros MC, Altshuller YM, Frohman MA, Kraner SD, Mandel G. REST: a mammalian silencer protein that restricts sodium channel gene expression to neurons. Cell. 1995 Mar 24;80(6):949-57. PMID:7697725
- ↑ Schoenherr CJ, Anderson DJ. The neuron-restrictive silencer factor (NRSF): a coordinate repressor of multiple neuron-specific genes. Science. 1995 Mar 3;267(5202):1360-3. PMID:7871435
- ↑ Scholl T, Stevens MB, Mahanta S, Strominger JL. A zinc finger protein that represses transcription of the human MHC class II gene, DPA. J Immunol. 1996 Feb 15;156(4):1448-57. PMID:8568247
- ↑ Lunyak VV, Burgess R, Prefontaine GG, Nelson C, Sze SH, Chenoweth J, Schwartz P, Pevzner PA, Glass C, Mandel G, Rosenfeld MG. Corepressor-dependent silencing of chromosomal regions encoding neuronal genes. Science. 2002 Nov 29;298(5599):1747-52. Epub 2002 Oct 24. PMID:12399542 doi:10.1126/science.1076469
