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RFX4 regulatory factor X4 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 5992, updated on 10-Mar-2024

Summary

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Official Symbol
RFX4provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
regulatory factor X4provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:9985
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000111783 MIM:603958; AllianceGenome:HGNC:9985
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
NYD-SP10
Summary
This gene is a member of the regulatory factor X gene family, which encodes transcription factors that contain a highly-conserved winged helix DNA binding domain. The protein encoded by this gene is structurally related to regulatory factors X1, X2, X3, and X5. It has been shown to interact with itself as well as with regulatory factors X2 and X3, but it does not interact with regulatory factor X1. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, May 2011]
Expression
Restricted expression toward testis (RPKM 40.0) See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

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Location:
12q23.3
Exon count:
20
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2023_10 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 12 NC_000012.12 (106583004..106762803)
RS_2023_10 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 12 NC_060936.1 (106546661..106726445)
105.20220307 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 12 NC_000012.11 (106976782..107156581)

Chromosome 12 - NC_000012.12Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 4816 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:106696289-106697174 Neighboring gene NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:106725081-106725582 Neighboring gene t-complex 11 like 2 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:106791431-106791932 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:106791933-106792432 Neighboring gene RNA polymerase III subunit B Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr12:106838256-106838461 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 4817 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:106870783-106871355 Neighboring gene NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:106884667-106885244 Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr12:106887966-106888130 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC100287944 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:106929421-106929920 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:106934851-106935440 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:106944957-106945458 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:106974861-106975743 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:106977232-106977816 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:106979571-106980156 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 8958 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 7289 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:107038213-107038714 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC100505978 Neighboring gene MED14-independent group 3 enhancer GRCh37_chr12:107104586-107105785 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 6948 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:107167609-107168160 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 4818 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 6949 Neighboring gene RIC8 guanine nucleotide exchange factor B Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC105369961 Neighboring gene NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr12:107270199-107270748 Neighboring gene eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 beta 2 pseudogene 4

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Expression

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  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. High expression of RFX4 is associated with tumor progression and poor prognosis in patients with glioblastoma. Jeong HY, et al. Int J Neurosci, 2021 Jan. PMID 32075484
  2. Immune transcriptome alterations in the temporal cortex of subjects with autism. Garbett K, et al. Neurobiol Dis, 2008 Jun. PMID 18378158, Free PMC Article
  3. Identification of glioma-specific RFX4-E and -F isoforms and humoral immune response in patients. Matsushita H, et al. Cancer Sci, 2005 Nov. PMID 16271074
  4. Identification of a novel substrate for tyrosine kinase in human testes. Huang X, et al. J Nanosci Nanotechnol, 2005 Aug. PMID 16193984
  5. Identification of a potential bipolar risk haplotype in the gene encoding the winged-helix transcription factor RFX4. Glaser B, et al. Mol Psychiatry, 2005 Oct. PMID 15940297

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. RFX4 is an intrinsic factor for neuronal differentiation through induction of proneural genes POU3F2 and NEUROD1.
    Title: RFX4 is an intrinsic factor for neuronal differentiation through induction of proneural genes POU3F2 and NEUROD1.
  2. High expression of RFX4 is associated with tumor progression and poor prognosis in patients with glioblastoma.
    Title: High expression of RFX4 is associated with tumor progression and poor prognosis in patients with glioblastoma.
  3. Observational study and genome-wide association study of gene-disease association. (HuGE Navigator)
    Title: Genome-wide association study confirms BST1 and suggests a locus on 12q24 as the risk loci for Parkinson's disease in the European population.
  4. GPS2 interacts with RFX4_v3 to modulate transactivation of genes involved in brain morphogenesis, including Cx3Cl1
    Title: G-protein pathway suppressor 2 (GPS2) interacts with the regulatory factor X4 variant 3 (RFX4_v3) and functions as a transcriptional co-activator.
  5. Observational study of gene-disease association. (HuGE Navigator)
    Title: Case-control association study of 65 candidate genes revealed a possible association of a SNP of HTR5A to be a factor susceptible to bipolar disease in Bulgarian population.
  6. The gene encoding the transcription factor RFX4 represents an excellent neurobiological and positional candidate gene for Bipolar disorder due to the potential involvement of RFX4 proteins in the regulation of circadian rhythms, linked to chromosome 12.
    Title: Identification of a potential bipolar risk haplotype in the gene encoding the winged-helix transcription factor RFX4.
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Phenotypes

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Find tests for this gene in the NIH Genetic Testing Registry (GTR)

Review eQTL and phenotype association data in this region using PheGenI

EBI GWAS Catalog

Description
Genetic correlates of brain aging on MRI and cognitive test measures: a genome-wide association and linkage analysis in the Framingham Study.
EBI GWAS Catalog
Genome-wide data reveal novel genes for methotrexate response in a large cohort of juvenile idiopathic arthritis cases.
EBI GWAS Catalog
Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders.
EBI GWAS Catalog

Variation

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Genotypes

Interactions

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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

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Markers

Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific ISA
Inferred from Sequence Alignment
more info
  
enables RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
enables RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
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enables sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in cilium assembly IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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involved_in regulation of protein processing IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
involved_in telencephalon development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Component Evidence Code Pubs
part_of chromatin ISA
Inferred from Sequence Alignment
more info
  
located_in nucleus IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  

General protein information

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Preferred Names
transcription factor RFX4
Names
regulatory factor X, 4 (influences HLA class II expression)
testis development protein NYD-SP10
winged-helix transcription factor RFX4

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

Genomic

  1. NG_047074.1 RefSeqGene

    Range
    5098..184897
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001206691.2 → NP_001193620.1  transcription factor RFX4 isoform d

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001193620.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (4, also known as RFX4_v4) uses an alternate 5' exon and thus differs in the 5' UTR and 5' coding region, compared to variant 3. The encoded isoform (d, also known as RFX4-C) has a distinct N-terminus and is longer than isoform c.
    Source sequence(s)
    AB095365, AI002078, AK074913, AY102009
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS55880.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q33E94
    Related
    ENSP00000350552.4, ENST00000357881.8
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam02257
    Location:68 → 141
    RFX_DNA_binding; RFX DNA-binding domain

  2. NM_032491.6 → NP_115880.2  transcription factor RFX4 isoform a

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_115880.2

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (1, also known as RFX4_v1) differs in the 5' UTR, and lacks several exons in the 5' coding region but includes an alternate 5' coding region, compared to variant 3. The encoded isoform (a, also known as RFX4-A) has a distinct and shorter N-terminus, compared to isoform c.
    Source sequence(s)
    BC028582, BC030644
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS9108.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q33E94
    Related
    ENSP00000229387.5, ENST00000229387.6

  3. NM_213594.3 → NP_998759.1  transcription factor RFX4 isoform c

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_998759.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (3, also known as RFX4_v3) represents the longest transcript and encodes isoform c, also known as RFX4-D.
    Source sequence(s)
    AB095366, AI002078, AY102009
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS9106.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    A8K5Y0, B2RDW4, Q33DW6, Q33DW7, Q33E94, Q33E95, Q6YM53, Q8MHQ1, Q8NC78, Q8NDF9, Q8SNA1, Q96S80, Q9BXI0
    Related
    ENSP00000376585.1, ENST00000392842.6
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam02257
    Location:59 → 132
    RFX_DNA_binding; RFX DNA-binding domain

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2023_10

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000012.12 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    106583004..106762803
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Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060936.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    106546661..106726445
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Suppressed Reference Sequence(s)

The following Reference Sequences have been suppressed. Explain

  1. NM_002920.3: Suppressed sequence

    Description
    NM_002920.3: This RefSeq was permanently suppressed because currently there is insufficient support for the transcript and the protein.
Nucleotide Protein
Heading Accession and Version
Protein Accession Links
GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
Q33E94.2 GenPept UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:Q33E94

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