Cell Senescence Entries for AHR

Cell Types
Embryonic kidney
Cell Lines
HEK
Cancer Cell?
No
Method
Knockdown
Type of senescence
Stress-induced
Senescence Effect
Induces
Primary Reference
Ray et al. (2004) Dioxin-induced immortalization of normal human keratinocytes and silencing of p53 and p16INK4a. J Biol Chem 279(26)27187-93 (PubMed)

AHR Gene Information

HGNC symbol
AHR 
Aliases
bHLHe76 
Common name
aryl hydrocarbon receptor 
Entrez Id
196
Description
The protein encoded by this gene is a ligand-activated helix-loop-helix transcription factor involved in the regulation of biological responses to planar aromatic hydrocarbons. This receptor has been shown to regulate xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes such as cytochrome P450. Before ligand binding, the encoded protein is sequestered in the cytoplasm; upon ligand binding, this protein moves to the nucleus and stimulates transcription of target genes. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015].

AHR Ontologies

Gene Ontology
Process: GO:6355; regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:48511; rhythmic process
GO:6805; xenobiotic metabolic process
GO:9410; response to xenobiotic stimulus
GO:7049; cell cycle
GO:6915; apoptotic process
GO:45892; negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:45944; positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
GO:30522; intracellular receptor signaling pathway
GO:45893; positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:32922; circadian regulation of gene expression
And 12 more GO terms
Cellular component: GO:5634; nucleus
GO:5737; cytoplasm
GO:34751; aryl hydrocarbon receptor complex
GO:5829; cytosol
GO:785; chromatin
GO:5654; nucleoplasm
GO:32991; protein-containing complex
GO:5667; transcription regulator complex
GO:34752; cytosolic aryl hydrocarbon receptor complex
Function: GO:3677; DNA binding
GO:46983; protein dimerization activity
GO:3700; DNA-binding transcription factor activity
GO:5515; protein binding
GO:42803; protein homodimerization activity
GO:1990837; sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding
GO:976; transcription cis-regulatory region binding
GO:4879; nuclear receptor activity
GO:981; DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
GO:46982; protein heterodimerization activity
GO:61629; RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription factor binding
And 7 more GO terms
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Homologs of AHR in Model Organisms

Caenorhabditis elegans
ahr-1
Danio rerio
ahr1b
Drosophila melanogaster
sima
Mus musculus
Ahr
Rattus norvegicus
Ahr

External links

OMIM
600253
Ensembl
ENSG00000106546
Entrez Gene
196
UniGene
171189
1000 Genomes
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HPRD
GenAtlas
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GeneCards
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