Human Gene IRF3 (ENST00000601291.5) from GENCODE V44
  Description: Homo sapiens interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3), transcript variant 2, mRNA. (from RefSeq NM_001197122)
RefSeq Summary (NM_001197122): This gene encodes a member of the interferon regulatory transcription factor (IRF) family. The encoded protein is found in an inactive cytoplasmic form that upon serine/threonine phosphorylation forms a complex with CREBBP. This complex translocates to the nucleus and activates the transcription of interferons alpha and beta, as well as other interferon-induced genes. The protein plays an important in the innate immune response against DNA and RNA viruses. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2020].
Gencode Transcript: ENST00000601291.5
Gencode Gene: ENSG00000126456.16
Transcript (Including UTRs)
   Position: hg38 chr19:49,659,572-49,665,802 Size: 6,231 Total Exon Count: 8 Strand: -
Coding Region
   Position: hg38 chr19:49,659,589-49,664,838 Size: 5,250 Coding Exon Count: 7 

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Data last updated at UCSC: 2023-08-18 00:09:47

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Genomic Sequence (chr19:49,659,572-49,665,802)mRNA (may differ from genome)Protein (452 aa)
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-  Comments and Description Text from UniProtKB
  ID: IRF3_HUMAN
DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Interferon regulatory factor 3; Short=IRF-3;
FUNCTION: Key transcriptional regulator of type I interferon (IFN)-dependent immune responses and plays a critical role in the innate immune response against DNA and RNA viruses. Regulates the transcription of type I IFN genes (IFN-alpha and IFN-beta) and IFN-stimulated genes (ISG) by binding to an interferon-stimulated response element (ISRE) in their promoters. Acts as a more potent activator of the IFN-beta (IFNB) gene than the IFN-alpha (IFNA) gene and plays a critical role in both the early and late phases of the IFNA/B gene induction. Found in an inactive form in the cytoplasm of uninfected cells and following viral infection, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), or toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling, becomes phosphorylated by IKBKE and TBK1 kinases. This induces a conformational change, leading to its dimerization and nuclear localization and association with CREB binding protein (CREBBP) to form dsRNA-activated factor 1 (DRAF1), a complex which activates the transcription of the type I IFN and ISG genes. Can activate distinct gene expression programs in macrophages and can induce significant apoptosis in primary macrophages.
ENZYME REGULATION: In the absence of viral infection, maintained as a monomer in an autoinhibited state and phosphorylation disrupts this autoinhibition leading to the liberation of the DNA- binding and dimerization activities and its nuclear localization where it can activate type I IFN and ISG genes.
SUBUNIT: Monomer. Homodimer; phosphorylation-induced. Heterodimer with IRF7. Interacts with CREBBP. May interact with MAVS. Interacts with IKBKE and TBK1. Interacts with TICAM1 and TICAM2. Interacts with rotavirus A NSP1 (via C-terminus); this interaction leads to the proteasome-dependent degradation of IRF3. Interacts with RBCK1. Interacts with TRIM21. Interacts with HERC5.
INTERACTION: Self; NbExp=9; IntAct=EBI-2650369, EBI-2650369; Q92793:CREBBP; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-2650369, EBI-81215; Q9Y5Q3:MAFB; NbExp=4; IntAct=EBI-2650369, EBI-3649340; P06400:RB1; NbExp=2; IntAct=EBI-2650369, EBI-491274; P28749:RBL1; NbExp=2; IntAct=EBI-2650369, EBI-971402; O43765:SGTA; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-2650369, EBI-347996; Q9UHD2:TBK1; NbExp=4; IntAct=EBI-2650369, EBI-356402;
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Note=Shuttles between cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments, with export being the prevailing effect. When activated, IRF3 interaction with CREBBP prevents its export to the cytoplasm.
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed constitutively in a variety of tissues.
PTM: Constitutively phosphorylated on many serines residues. C- terminal serine/threonine cluster is phosphorylated in response of induction by IKBKE and TBK1. Ser-385 and Ser-386 may be specifically phosphorylated in response to induction. An alternate model propose that the five serine/threonine residues between 396 and 405 are phosphorylated in response to a viral infection. Phosphorylation, and subsequent activation of IRF3 is inhibited by vaccinia virus protein E3.
PTM: Ubiquitinated; ubiquitination involves RBCK1 leading to proteasomal degradation. Polyubiquitinated; ubiquitination involves TRIM21 leading to proteasomal degradation.
PTM: ISGylated by HERC5 resulting in sustained IRF3 activation and in the inhibition of IRF3 ubiquitination by disrupting PIN1 binding. The phosphorylation state of IRF3 does not alter ISGylation.
SIMILARITY: Belongs to the IRF family.
SIMILARITY: Contains 1 IRF tryptophan pentad repeat DNA-binding domain.

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-  MalaCards Disease Associations
  MalaCards Gene Search: IRF3
Diseases sorted by gene-association score: herpes simplex encephalitis 7* (905), herpes simplex encephalitis susceptibility 7* (100), encephalitis (25), herpes simplex (24), viral infectious disease (20), vaccinia (18), herpes simplex encephalitis (16), hepatitis c (14), septicemic plague (11), west nile virus (10), severe acute respiratory syndrome (10), kaposi sarcoma (8), newcastle disease (8), rabies (7), pediatric lymphoma (6), renpenning syndrome (6), hepatitis (6), retinitis pigmentosa 33 (5), la crosse encephalitis (5), influenza (4), hepatitis c virus (4)
* = Manually curated disease association

-  Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD)
  The following chemicals interact with this gene           more ... click here to view the complete list

-  RNA-Seq Expression Data from GTEx (53 Tissues, 570 Donors)
  Highest median expression: 78.93 RPKM in Spleen
Total median expression: 1568.49 RPKM



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-  mRNA Secondary Structure of 3' and 5' UTRs
 
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5' UTR -52.60180-0.292 Picture PostScript Text
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-  Protein Domain and Structure Information
  InterPro Domains: Graphical view of domain structure
IPR019817 - Interferon_reg_fac_CS
IPR001346 - Interferon_reg_fact_DNA-bd_dom
IPR019471 - Interferon_reg_factor-3
IPR017855 - SMAD_dom-like
IPR008984 - SMAD_FHA_domain
IPR011991 - WHTH_trsnscrt_rep_DNA-bd

Pfam Domains:
PF00605 - Interferon regulatory factor transcription factor
PF10401 - Interferon-regulatory factor 3

Protein Data Bank (PDB) 3-D Structure
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ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on Q14653
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-  Orthologous Genes in Other Species
  Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.
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-  Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations with Structured Vocabulary
  Molecular Function:
GO:0000978 RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0000981 RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0001077 transcriptional activator activity, RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific binding
GO:0001078 transcriptional repressor activity, RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific binding
GO:0001228 transcriptional activator activity, RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific binding
GO:0003677 DNA binding
GO:0003700 transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0003712 transcription cofactor activity
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0019904 protein domain specific binding
GO:0042802 identical protein binding
GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
GO:0043565 sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0044212 transcription regulatory region DNA binding

Biological Process:
GO:0000122 negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0002376 immune system process
GO:0006351 transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0006355 regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0006366 transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0006915 apoptotic process
GO:0006974 cellular response to DNA damage stimulus
GO:0009617 response to bacterium
GO:0016032 viral process
GO:0031663 lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathway
GO:0032479 regulation of type I interferon production
GO:0032480 negative regulation of type I interferon production
GO:0032481 positive regulation of type I interferon production
GO:0032496 response to lipopolysaccharide
GO:0032727 positive regulation of interferon-alpha production
GO:0032728 positive regulation of interferon-beta production
GO:0035666 TRIF-dependent toll-like receptor signaling pathway
GO:0039530 MDA-5 signaling pathway
GO:0043123 positive regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB signaling
GO:0043330 response to exogenous dsRNA
GO:0045087 innate immune response
GO:0045351 type I interferon biosynthetic process
GO:0045358 negative regulation of interferon-beta biosynthetic process
GO:0045944 positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0050689 negative regulation of defense response to virus by host
GO:0050715 positive regulation of cytokine secretion
GO:0051607 defense response to virus
GO:0060333 interferon-gamma-mediated signaling pathway
GO:0060337 type I interferon signaling pathway
GO:0060340 positive regulation of type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway
GO:0071222 cellular response to lipopolysaccharide
GO:0071359 cellular response to dsRNA
GO:0071888 macrophage apoptotic process
GO:0097300 programmed necrotic cell death

Cellular Component:
GO:0005634 nucleus
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
GO:0005829 cytosol


-  Descriptions from all associated GenBank mRNAs
  LF213919 - JP 2014500723-A/21422: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA449496 - JP 2018138019-A/21422: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
BC071721 - Homo sapiens interferon regulatory factor 3, mRNA (cDNA clone MGC:88024 IMAGE:5494536), complete cds.
Z56281 - H.sapiens mRNA for interferon regulatory factor 3.
BC000660 - Homo sapiens interferon regulatory factor 3, mRNA (cDNA clone MGC:1716 IMAGE:3347928), complete cds.
BC009395 - Homo sapiens interferon regulatory factor 3, mRNA (cDNA clone MGC:15293 IMAGE:4135383), complete cds.
AK292027 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ77834 complete cds, highly similar to Homo sapiens interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3), mRNA.
HM357932 - Homo sapiens interferon regulatory factor 3a (IRF3) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.
HM357933 - Homo sapiens interferon regulatory factor 3b (IRF3) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.
HM357934 - Homo sapiens interferon regulatory factor 3c (IRF3) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.
HM357935 - Homo sapiens interferon regulatory factor 3d (IRF3) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.
HM357936 - Homo sapiens interferon regulatory factor 3e (IRF3) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.
HM357937 - Homo sapiens interferon regulatory factor 3f (IRF3) mRNA, complete cds, alternatively spliced.
KJ897064 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone ccsbBroadEn_06458 IRF3 gene, encodes complete protein.
DQ893455 - Synthetic construct clone IMAGE:100006085; FLH193134.01X; RZPDo839D0178D interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) gene, encodes complete protein.
DQ896306 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone IMAGE:100010766; FLH193130.01L; RZPDo839D0168D interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) gene, encodes complete protein.
JD391959 - Sequence 372983 from Patent EP1572962.
AB102886 - Homo sapiens IRF3 mRNA for interferon regulatory factor 3 nirs variant 2, complete cds.
AB102887 - Homo sapiens IRF3 mRNA for interferon regulatory factor 3 nirs variant 3, complete cds.
AK314421 - Homo sapiens cDNA, FLJ95207, highly similar to Homo sapiens interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3), mRNA.
AB385059 - Synthetic construct DNA, clone: pF1KB5164, Homo sapiens IRF3 gene for interferon regulatory factor 3, complete cds, without stop codon, in Flexi system.
AK057577 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ33015 fis, clone THYMU1000394, highly similar to INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 3.
CU679345 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens gateway clone IMAGE:100019469 5' read IRF3 mRNA.
AB102884 - Homo sapiens IRF3 mRNA for interferon regulatory factor 3 nirs variant 1, complete cds.
LF384260 - JP 2014500723-A/191763: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA619837 - JP 2018138019-A/191763: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
LF367748 - JP 2014500723-A/175251: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA603325 - JP 2018138019-A/175251: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.

-  Biochemical and Signaling Pathways
  KEGG - Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
hsa04620 - Toll-like receptor signaling pathway
hsa04622 - RIG-I-like receptor signaling pathway
hsa04623 - Cytosolic DNA-sensing pathway

Reactome (by CSHL, EBI, and GO)

Protein Q14653 (Reactome details) participates in the following event(s):

R-HSA-1169394 ISGylation of IRF3
R-HSA-1606345 Recruitment of IRF3 to activated ZBP1:TBK1
R-HSA-1834939 STING recruits TBK1 and IRF3
R-HSA-2395992 p-T,4S-IRF3 is dimerized
R-HSA-1606327 Phosphorylation and release of IRF3
R-HSA-2396007 IRF3 is phosphorylated by TBK1
R-HSA-2396002 TBK1 is phosphorylated within STING:TBK1:IRF3 complex
R-HSA-3249392 NLRP4 and DTX4 associate with p-S172-TBK1 within STING:TBK1:IRF3
R-HSA-8948709 DTX4 ubiquitinates p-S172-TBK1 within NLRP4:DTX4:STING:TBK1:IRF3
R-HSA-166271 IRF3/IRF7 recruitment to p-TBK1/p-IKK epsilon bound to the activated TLR4
R-HSA-918232 Recruitment of IRF3,IRF7
R-HSA-9013979 IRF3/IRF7 recruitment to p-TBK1/p-IKK epsilon bound to the activated TLR3
R-HSA-1028816 Translocation of phosphorylated IRF3,IRF7 dimers into nucleus
R-HSA-2032396 Dimerized phospho-IRF3 migrates to the nucleus
R-HSA-1028821 Dimerization of Phospho IRF3 or phospho IRF7
R-HSA-168933 Dimerization of phosphorylated IRF3/IRF7
R-HSA-166245 Phosphorylation of IRF-3/IRF7 and their release from the activated TLR complex
R-HSA-918229 Phosphorylation and release of IRF3/IRF7
R-HSA-9013978 Phosphorylation of IRF-3/IRF7 and their release from the activated TLR3 complex
R-HSA-1028817 CREBBP, EP300 binds p-T,4S-IRF3:p-T,4S-IRF3
R-HSA-3134883 Beta-catenin enhances association of IRF3 with CBP/p300
R-HSA-1028820 Formation of VAF (virus-activated factor) complex
R-HSA-936380 Interaction of PIN1 with p-IRF3
R-HSA-177671 Dimerized phospho-IRF3/IRF7 is transported to the nucleus
R-HSA-1028815 p-T,4S-IRF3:p-T,4S-IRF3:CREBBP, EP300 binds promoters of Interferon-beta
R-HSA-1028819 VAF/pIRF7:CBP/p300 binds the promoters of type-I IFN genes
R-HSA-1169408 ISG15 antiviral mechanism
R-HSA-1606341 IRF3 mediated activation of type 1 IFN
R-HSA-3270619 IRF3-mediated induction of type I IFN
R-HSA-3134975 Regulation of innate immune responses to cytosolic DNA
R-HSA-936964 Activation of IRF3/IRF7 mediated by TBK1/IKK epsilon
R-HSA-918233 TRAF3-dependent IRF activation pathway
R-HSA-9013973 TICAM1-dependent activation of IRF3/IRF7
R-HSA-909733 Interferon alpha/beta signaling
R-HSA-877300 Interferon gamma signaling
R-HSA-1169410 Antiviral mechanism by IFN-stimulated genes
R-HSA-1606322 ZBP1(DAI) mediated induction of type I IFNs
R-HSA-1834941 STING mediated induction of host immune responses
R-HSA-3134973 LRR FLII-interacting protein 1 (LRRFIP1) activates type I IFN production
R-HSA-933541 TRAF6 mediated IRF7 activation
R-HSA-936440 Negative regulators of DDX58/IFIH1 signaling
R-HSA-1834949 Cytosolic sensors of pathogen-associated DNA
R-HSA-937061 TRIF(TICAM1)-mediated TLR4 signaling
R-HSA-168928 DDX58/IFIH1-mediated induction of interferon-alpha/beta
R-HSA-168164 Toll Like Receptor 3 (TLR3) Cascade
R-HSA-913531 Interferon Signaling
R-HSA-168249 Innate Immune System
R-HSA-166166 MyD88-independent TLR4 cascade
R-HSA-168898 Toll-Like Receptors Cascades
R-HSA-1280215 Cytokine Signaling in Immune system
R-HSA-168256 Immune System
R-HSA-166016 Toll Like Receptor 4 (TLR4) Cascade

-  Other Names for This Gene
  Alternate Gene Symbols: A8K7L2, ENST00000601291.1, ENST00000601291.2, ENST00000601291.3, ENST00000601291.4, IRF3_HUMAN, NM_001197122, Q14653, Q5FBY1, uc002pow.1, uc002pow.2, uc002pow.3, uc002pow.4
UCSC ID: ENST00000601291.5
RefSeq Accession: NM_001197122
Protein: Q14653 (aka IRF3_HUMAN)
CCDS: CCDS59409.1

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