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Irf8 - interferon regulatory factor 8 (house mouse)

Gene
Symbol
Dates
  • Create:
    2016-09-14
  • Modify:
    2025-01-29
Description
The protein encoded by the Irf8 gene is a transcription factor that belongs to the interferon regulatory factor family. Proteins belonging to this family have a DNA binding domain at the amino terminus that contains five well-conserved tryptophan-rich repeats. This domain recognizes DNA sequences similar to the interferon-stimulated response element. The protein encoded by the Irf8 gene promotes or suppresses lineage-specific genes to regulate the differentation of lymphoid and myeloid lineage cells. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2014]
Enables RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Involved in mononuclear cell differentiation; regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; and regulation of type I interferon production. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including defense response to protozoan; positive regulation of macromolecule biosynthetic process; and response to bacterium. Located in nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; genitourinary system; hemolymphoid system; intestine; and lens. Used to study familial chronic myelocytic leukemia-like syndrome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Behcet's disease; immunodeficiency 32A; immunodeficiency 32B; multiple myeloma; and systemic lupus erythematosus. Orthologous to human IRF8 (interferon regulatory factor 8).

1 Names and Identifiers

1.1 Synonyms

  • ICSBP
  • IRF-8
  • Icsbp1
  • Myls
  • interferon consensus sequence binding protein 1
  • interferon consensus sequence-binding protein

1.2 Other Identifiers

1.2.1 Ensembl ID

1.2.2 Alliance Gene ID

1.2.3 Bgee Gene ID

1.2.4 MGI ID

1.2.5 VEuPathDB ID

1.2.6 Wikidata

3 Proteins

3.1 Protein Function

Transcription factor that specifically binds to the upstream regulatory region of type I interferon (IFN) and IFN-inducible MHC class I genes (the interferon consensus sequence (ICS)) (PMID: 12393690, PMID: 2111015). Can both act as a transcriptional activator or repressor (PMID: 2111015). Plays a negative regulatory role in cells of the immune system (PMID: 2111015). Involved in CD8(+) dendritic cell differentiation by forming a complex with the BATF-JUNB heterodimer in immune cells, leading to recognition of AICE sequence (5'-TGAnTCA/GAAA-3'), an immune-specific regulatory element, followed by cooperative binding of BATF and IRF8 and activation of genes (PMID: 12393690, PMID: 22992524). Required for the development of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), which produce most of the type I IFN in response to viral infection (PMID: 12393690, PMID: 12461077, PMID: 12538667, PMID: 23382217). Positively regulates macroautophagy in dendritic cells (By similarity). Acts as a transcriptional repressor of osteoclast differentiation factors such as NFATC1 and EEIG1 (PMID: 32741026).

3.2 Protein 3D Structures

3.2.1 AlphaFold Structures

Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold. Nature. 2021 Aug;596(7873):583-589. DOI:10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2. PMID:34265844; PMCID:PMC8371605

3.3 Protein Targets

4 BioAssays

4.1 RNAi BioAssays

5 Interactions and Pathways

5.1 Interactions

5.2 Pathways

6 Expression

7 Literature

7.1 Consolidated References

7.2 Gene-Chemical Co-Occurrences in Literature

7.3 Gene-Gene Co-Occurrences in Literature

7.4 Gene-Disease Co-Occurrences in Literature

8 Patents

8.1 Gene-Chemical Co-Occurrences in Patents

8.2 Gene-Gene Co-Occurrences in Patents

8.3 Gene-Disease Co-Occurrences in Patents

9 Classification

9.1 Gene Ontology: Biological Process

9.2 Gene Ontology: Cellular Component

9.3 Gene Ontology: Molecular Function

10 Information Sources

  1. NCBI Gene
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  2. PubChem
  3. Alliance of Genome Resources
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  4. BioGRID
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    https://wiki.thebiogrid.org/doku.php/terms_and_conditions
  5. STRING: functional protein association networks
  6. Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI)
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    https://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/copyright.shtml
  7. NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)
  8. Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Bgee
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    https://www.bgee.org/about/
  9. UniProt
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  10. VEuPathDB: The Eukaryotic Pathogen, Vector and Host Informatics Resource
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    https://veupathdb.org/veupathdb/app/static-content/about.html
  11. Wikidata
  12. Gene Ontology (GO)
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  13. AlphaFold DB
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