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Interferon regulatory factor 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IRF1gene.
Function
Interferon regulatory factor 1 was the first member of the interferon regulatory transcription factor (IRF) family identified. Initially described as a transcription factor able to activate expression of the cytokineInterferon beta, IRF-1 was subsequently shown to function as a transcriptional activator or repressor of a variety of target genes. IRF-1 regulates expression of target genes by binding to an interferon stimulated response element (ISRE) in their promoters. The IRF-1 protein binds to the ISRE via an N-terminal helix-turn-helix DNA binding domain, which is highly conserved among all IRF proteins.
Beyond its function as a transcription factor, IRF-1 has also been shown to trans-activate the tumour suppressor protein p53 through the recruitment of its co-factor p300.
It has been shown that the extreme C-terminus of IRF-1 regulates its ability to activate transcription, nanobodies targeting this domain (MF1) are able to increase IRF-1 activity.
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Further reading
Harada H, Taniguchi T, Tanaka N (1999). "The role of interferon regulatory factors in the interferon system and cell growth control". Biochimie. 80 (8–9): 641–50. doi:10.1016/S0300-9084(99)80017-0. PMID9865486.
Romeo G, Fiorucci G, Chiantore MV, Percario ZA, Vannucchi S, Affabris E (2002). "IRF-1 as a negative regulator of cell proliferation". J. Interferon Cytokine Res. 22 (1): 39–47. doi:10.1089/107999002753452647. PMID11846974.
Cha Y, Sims SH, Romine MF, Kaufmann M, Deisseroth AB (1992). "Human interferon regulatory factor 1: intron-exon organization". DNA Cell Biol. 11 (8): 605–11. doi:10.1089/dna.1992.11.605. PMID1382447.
Harada H, Fujita T, Miyamoto M, Kimura Y, Maruyama M, Furia A, et al. (1989). "Structurally similar but functionally distinct factors, IRF-1 and IRF-2, bind to the same regulatory elements of IFN and IFN-inducible genes". Cell. 58 (4): 729–39. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(89)90107-4. PMID2475256. S2CID2033941.
Miyamoto M, Fujita T, Kimura Y, Maruyama M, Harada H, Sudo Y, et al. (1988). "Regulated expression of a gene encoding a nuclear factor, IRF-1, that specifically binds to IFN-beta gene regulatory elements". Cell. 54 (6): 903–13. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(88)91307-4. PMID3409321. S2CID35063951.
Drew PD, Franzoso G, Becker KG, Bours V, Carlson LM, Siebenlist U, et al. (1997). "NF kappa B and interferon regulatory factor 1 physically interact and synergistically induce major histocompatibility class I gene expression". J. Interferon Cytokine Res. 15 (12): 1037–45. doi:10.1089/jir.1995.15.1037. PMID8746784.