RFX2

regulatory factor X2

Ensembl:
ENSG00000087903
UniProt:
P48378
OMIM:
142765
Synonyms:
FLJ14226

Cilia effects upon perturbation of RFX2

Cilia number / % ciliated:
Decreased cilia number
Loss-of-function effect:
Shorter cilia

Ciliogenesis screen results (3 screens)

  • Wheway et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: No effect PMID:26167766
  • Breslow et al. 2018 (CRISPR) [CRISPR]: No Significant Effect PMID:29459680
  • Roosing et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: No effect PMID:26595381

Subcellular localization

basal body, cilia, nucleus

Functional category

  • Ciliary assembly/disassembly
  • Trafficking (BBSome, small GTPases, vesicular transport, ATPases)
  • Reproduction & sperm
  • Transition zone
  • ECM & connective tissue

Function

Involved in regulation of ALMS1 in vivo, by binding its promoter (20381594). Coordi tes multiple, distinct gene expression programs in MCCs, regulating genes encoding axonemal dynein subunits, components of the transition zone anb BBSome, centriolar genes and pla r cell polarity (PCP) effector fritz/wdpcp. It also regulates the extracellular matrix component dag1, which is a regulator of MCC insertion (24424412). Critical regulator of vertebrate ciliogenesis. Knockdown results in phenotypes associated with defective cilia, such as disruption of neural tube closure and left鈥搑ight asymmetry (22227339).

Model organism evidence

Danio rerio (1 reference)

We demonstrate that the depletion of multiple components of the switch/sucrose non-fermentable (SWI/SNF) chromatin remodeling complex induces ciliopathy-like phenotypes in zebrafish embryos.

PMIDs: 41213452

Mus musculus (3 references)

Foxn3 is required to suppress aberrant ciliogenesis in nonphotoreceptor retinal neurons.

Existence of cilia in the last eukaryotic common ancestor raises a fundamental question in biology: how the transcriptional regulation of ciliogenesis has evolved?

PMIDs: 40663603, 40009443, 37329342

C. elegans (1 reference)

Ciliome gene mutations underlie a group of pleiotropic genetic diseases known as ciliopathies.

PMIDs: 37449480