GenAge entry for RELA (Homo sapiens)

Gene name (HAGRID: 143)

HGNC symbol: RELA
Aliases: p65; NFKB3
Common name: v-rel avian reticuloendotheliosis viral oncogene homolog A

Potential relevance to the human ageing process

Main reason for selection: Entry selected based on evidence linking the gene product to a pathway or mechanism linked to ageing
Description: Also known as NFKB3, RELA is a component of the NF-kappa-B complex, involved in oxidative pathways and a myriad of other processes. Its role in ageing is unclear, but the NF-kappa-B complex appears to be important in age-related changes in inflammation and maybe in other age-related processes too [260]. In addition, age-related changes in NF-kappa-B have been reported in numerous tissues [261]. Mice without RELA die at embryonic stages [712].

Cytogenetic information

Cytogenetic band: 11q13
Location: 65,653,596 bp to 65,662,972 bp
Orientation: Minus strand

Display region using the UCSC Genome Browser (GRCh38/hg38)

Protein information

Gene Ontology

Process:

GO:0000122; negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0001889; liver development
GO:0001942; hair follicle development
GO:0002223; stimulatory C-type lectin receptor signaling pathway
GO:0006117; acetaldehyde metabolic process
GO:0006366; transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0006954; inflammatory response
GO:0006968; cellular defense response
GO:0007568; aging
GO:0008284; positive regulation of cell proliferation
GO:0009887; animal organ morphogenesis

And 44 more GO terms

Cellular component:

GO:0000790; nuclear chromatin
GO:0005634; nucleus
GO:0005654; nucleoplasm
GO:0005667; transcription factor complex
GO:0005737; cytoplasm
GO:0005829; cytosol
GO:0033256; I-kappaB/NF-kappaB complex
GO:0071159; NF-kappaB complex

Function:

GO:0000977; RNA polymerase II regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0000978; RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0000980; RNA polymerase II distal enhancer sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0000983; transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II core promoter sequence-specific
GO:0001046; core promoter sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0001077; transcriptional activator activity, RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific binding
GO:0001078; transcriptional repressor activity, RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific binding
GO:0001205; transcriptional activator activity, RNA polymerase II distal enhancer sequence-specific binding
GO:0003677; DNA binding
GO:0003682; chromatin binding
GO:0003700; transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding

And 20 more GO terms

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Protein interactions and network

Protein-protein interacting partners in GenAge: TP53, TERT, ATM, NFKB2, STAT3, HDAC3, MYC, FOS, PPARA, PARP1, BRCA1, PIN1, CREBBP, HIF1A, NR3C1, EGR1, NFKB1, CEBPB, EP300, PML, GSK3B, PRKDC, AR, RELA, SIRT1, HDAC1, HSPA1A, MAPK14, SP1, JUN, HMGB1, TAF1, TFAP2A, TBP, HSPA8, HDAC2, MDM2, ESR1, NFKBIA, CDKN2A, TP63, SIRT6, STUB1, PPARGC1A, PPARG, NCOR2, IKBKB
STRING interaction network

Retrieve sequences for RELA

Promoter: Promoter
ORF: ORF
CDS: CDS

Homologs in model organisms

Danio rerio: rela
Drosophila melanogaster: Dif
Mus musculus: Rela
Rattus norvegicus: Rela

In other databases

CellAge

This gene is present as RELA