Tissue Specificity | Expressed in the brain and the retina. Expressed strongly in rod and cone cells (at protein level). |
Post Translational Modifications | Phosphorylated. Disumoylated at Lys-20. Sumoylation modulates the transcriptional activity of NRL on RHO and NR2E3 promoters, and is required for normal rod differentiation. |
Function | Acts as a transcriptional activator which regulates the expression of several rod-specific genes, including RHO and PDE6B. Functions also as a transcriptional coactivator, stimulating transcription mediated by the transcription factor CRX and NR2E3. Binds in a sequence-specific manner to the rhodopsin promoter. |
Protein Name | Neural Retina-Specific Leucine Zipper ProteinNrl |
Cellular Localisation | CytoplasmNucleus |
Alternative Antibody Names | Anti-Neural Retina-Specific Leucine Zipper Protein antibodyAnti-Nrl antibodyAnti-NRL antibodyAnti-D14S46E antibody |
Information sourced from Uniprot.org