title: The inhibitory ankyrin and activator Rel proteins.
abstract: The gene families encoding the proteins NF-kappa B, c-Rel and Dorsal, in conjunction with their respective inhibitors l kappa B, pp40, and Cactus, achieve specificity in gene regulation by means of common principles. The related activities of NF-kappa B and Dorsal are mediated by heterodimeric or homodimeric complexes of proteins containing the conserved dimerization and DNA-binding domain termed Rel. The l kappa Bs and Cactus, which share a core series of structural repeats termed ankyrin, inhibit cognate activators through differential interactions with the Rel-homology domain. Together, the inhibitory ankyrin proteins and their cognate Rel dimers probably define specific signalling pathways able to activate specific gene expression. Both gene families include proto-oncogenes, thus broadly implicating Rel/l kappa B in the control of both normal gene expression and the aberrant gene expression that makes cells cancerous.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, New York.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baltimore
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017487:Ankyrins; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D020569:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel; D051841:Transcription Factor RelB; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D017487:Ankyrins; D001798:Blood Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D020569:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel; C497593:RELB protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051841:Transcription Factor RelB