Aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator

The ARNT gene encodes the aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator protein that forms a complex with ligand-bound aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), and is required for receptor function. The encoded protein has also been identified as the beta subunit of a heterodimeric transcription factor, hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF1). A t(1;12)(q21;p13) translocation, which results in a TEL–ARNT fusion protein, is associated with acute myeloblastic leukemia. Three alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene.

ARNT
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesARNT, HIF-1-beta, HIF-1beta, HIF1-beta, HIF1B, HIF1BETA, TANGO, bHLHe2, aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator, Aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator
External IDsOMIM: 126110 MGI: 88071 HomoloGene: 1261 GeneCards: ARNT
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

405

11863

Ensembl

ENSG00000143437

ENSMUSG00000015522

UniProt

P27540

P53762

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001037737
NM_009709

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001032826
NP_033839

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 150.81 – 150.88 MbChr 3: 95.34 – 95.4 Mb
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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is involved in the induction of several enzymes that participate in xenobiotic metabolism. The ligand-free, cytosolic form of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor is complexed to heat shock protein 90. Binding of ligand, which includes dioxin and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, results in translocation of the ligand-binding subunit only into the nucleus. Induction of enzymes involved in xenobiotic metabolism occurs through binding of the ligand-bound AhR to xenobiotic responsive elements in the promoters of genes for these enzymes.

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