The protein encoded by this gene is part of a complex termed negative elongation factor (NELF) which represses RNA polymerase II transcript elongation. This protein bears similarity to nuclear RNA-binding proteins; however, it has not been demonstrated that this protein binds RNA. The protein contains a tract of alternating basic and acidic residues, largely arginine (R) and aspartic acid (D). The gene localizes to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class III region on chromosome 6.[1]
↑Lehner B, Semple JI, Brown SE, Counsell D, Campbell RD, Sanderson CM (Jan 2004). "Analysis of a high-throughput yeast two-hybrid system and its use to predict the function of intracellular proteins encoded within the human MHC class III region". Genomics. 83 (1): 153–67. doi:10.1016/s0888-7543(03)00235-0. PMID14667819.
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Further reading
Yu CY (1999). "Molecular genetics of the human MHC complement gene cluster". Experimental and Clinical Immunogenetics. 15 (4): 213–30. doi:10.1159/000019075. PMID10072631.
Stevens M, De Clercq E, Balzarini J (Sep 2006). "The regulation of HIV-1 transcription: molecular targets for chemotherapeutic intervention". Medicinal Research Reviews. 26 (5): 595–625. doi:10.1002/med.20081. PMID16838299.
Surowy CS, Hoganson G, Gosink J, Strunk K, Spritz RA (Jun 1990). "The human RD protein is closely related to nuclear RNA-binding proteins and has been highly conserved". Gene. 90 (2): 299–302. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(90)90194-V. PMID2119325.
Speiser PW, White PC (Dec 1989). "Structure of the human RD gene: a highly conserved gene in the class III region of the major histocompatibility complex". Dna. 8 (10): 745–51. doi:10.1089/dna.1989.8.745. PMID2612324.
Lévi-Strauss M, Carroll MC, Steinmetz M, Meo T (Apr 1988). "A previously undetected MHC gene with an unusual periodic structure". Science. 240 (4849): 201–4. doi:10.1126/science.3353717. PMID3353717.
Lee SG, Song K (Jun 1997). "Genomic organization of the human DDX13 gene located between RD and RP1 in the class III MHC complex". Molecules and Cells. 7 (3): 414–8. PMID9264031.
Yang Z, Shen L, Dangel AW, Wu LC, Yu CY (Nov 1998). "Four ubiquitously expressed genes, RD (D6S45)-SKI2W (SKIV2L)-DOM3Z-RP1 (D6S60E), are present between complement component genes factor B and C4 in the class III region of the HLA". Genomics. 53 (3): 338–47. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5499. PMID9799600.
Yamaguchi Y, Takagi T, Wada T, Yano K, Furuya A, Sugimoto S, Hasegawa J, Handa H (Apr 1999). "NELF, a multisubunit complex containing RD, cooperates with DSIF to repress RNA polymerase II elongation". Cell. 97 (1): 41–51. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80713-8. PMID10199401.
Ping YH, Rana TM (Apr 2001). "DSIF and NELF interact with RNA polymerase II elongation complex and HIV-1 Tat stimulates P-TEFb-mediated phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II and DSIF during transcription elongation". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (16): 12951–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M006130200. PMID11112772.
Lehner B, Semple JI, Brown SE, Counsell D, Campbell RD, Sanderson CM (Jan 2004). "Analysis of a high-throughput yeast two-hybrid system and its use to predict the function of intracellular proteins encoded within the human MHC class III region". Genomics. 83 (1): 153–67. doi:10.1016/S0888-7543(03)00235-0. PMID14667819.
