FUNCTION: Transcriptional repressor which binds neuron-restrictive silencer element (NRSE) and represses neuronal gene transcription in non-neuronal cells (PubMed:12399542, PubMed:26551668, PubMed:7697725, PubMed:7871435, PubMed:8568247, PubMed:11741002, PubMed:11779185). Restricts the expression of...
FUNCTION: Transcriptional repressor which binds neuron-restrictive silencer element (NRSE) and represses neuronal gene transcription in non-neuronal cells (PubMed:12399542, PubMed:26551668, PubMed:7697725, PubMed:7871435, PubMed:8568247, PubMed:11741002, PubMed:11779185). Restricts the expression of neuronal genes by associating with two distinct corepressors, SIN3A and RCOR1, which in turn recruit histone deacetylase to the promoters of REST-regulated genes (PubMed:10449787, PubMed:10734093). Mediates repression by recruiting the BHC complex at RE1/NRSE sites which acts by deacetylating and demethylating specific sites on histones, thereby acting as a chromatin modifier (By similarity). Transcriptional repression by REST-CDYL via the recruitment of histone methyltransferase EHMT2 may be important in transformation suppression (PubMed:19061646). Represses the expression of SRRM4 in non-neural cells to prevent the activation of neural-specific splicing events and to prevent production of REST isoform 3 (By similarity). Repressor activity may be inhibited by forming heterodimers with isoform 3, thereby preventing binding to NRSE or binding to corepressors and leading to derepression of target genes (PubMed:11779185). Also maintains repression of neuronal genes in neural stem cells, and allows transcription and differentiation into neurons by dissociation from RE1/NRSE sites of target genes (By similarity). Thereby is involved in maintaining the quiescent state of adult neural stem cells and preventing premature differentiation into mature neurons (PubMed:21258371). Plays a role in the developmental switch in synaptic NMDA receptor composition during postnatal development, by repressing GRIN2B expression and thereby altering NMDA receptor properties from containing primarily GRIN2B to primarily GRIN2A subunits (By similarity). Acts as a regulator of osteoblast differentiation (By similarity). Key repressor of gene expression in hypoxia; represses genes in hypoxia by direct binding to an RE1/NRSE site on their promoter regions (PubMed:27531581). May also function in stress resistance in the brain during aging; possibly by regulating expression of genes involved in cell death and in the stress response (PubMed:24670762). Repressor of gene expression in the hippocampus after ischemia by directly binding to RE1/NRSE sites and recruiting SIN3A and RCOR1 to promoters of target genes, thereby promoting changes in chromatin modifications and ischemia-induced cell death (By similarity). After ischemia, might play a role in repression of miR-132 expression in hippocampal neurons, thereby leading to neuronal cell death (By similarity). Negatively regulates the expression of SRRM3 in breast cancer cell lines (PubMed:26053433). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O54963, ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8VIG1, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10449787, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10734093, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11741002, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11779185, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12399542, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19061646, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21258371, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24670762, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26053433, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26551668, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27531581, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7697725, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7871435, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8568247}.; FUNCTION: [Isoform 3]: Binds to the 3' region of the neuron-restrictive silencer element (NRSE), with lower affinity than full-length REST isoform 1 (By similarity). Exhibits weaker repressor activity compared to isoform 1 (PubMed:11779185). May negatively regulate the repressor activity of isoform 1 by binding to isoform 1, thereby preventing its binding to NRSE and leading to derepression of target genes (PubMed:11779185). However, in another study, does not appear to be implicated in repressor activity of a NRSE motif-containing reporter construct nor in inhibitory activity on the isoform 1 transcriptional repressor activity (PubMed:11741002). Post-transcriptional inactivation of REST by SRRM4-dependent alternative splicing into isoform 3 is required in mechanosensory hair cells in the inner ear for derepression of neuronal genes and hearing (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8VIG1, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11741002, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11779185}.
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GO - Biological processes (BP):
auditory receptor cell stereocilium organization [GO:0060088]; cardiac muscle cell myoblast differentiation [GO:0060379]; cellular response to electrical stimulus [GO:0071257]; cellular response to glucocorticoid stimulus [GO:0071385]; cellular response to xenobiotic stimulus [GO:0071466]; detection...
auditory receptor cell stereocilium organization [GO:0060088]; cardiac muscle cell myoblast differentiation [GO:0060379]; cellular response to electrical stimulus [GO:0071257]; cellular response to glucocorticoid stimulus [GO:0071385]; cellular response to xenobiotic stimulus [GO:0071466]; detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception of sound [GO:0050910]; hematopoietic progenitor cell differentiation [GO:0002244]; histone H4 deacetylation [GO:0070933]; modification of synaptic structure [GO:0099563]; negative regulation by host of viral transcription [GO:0043922]; negative regulation of aldosterone biosynthetic process [GO:0032348]; negative regulation of amniotic stem cell differentiation [GO:2000798]; negative regulation of calcium ion-dependent exocytosis [GO:0045955]; negative regulation of cell population proliferation [GO:0008285]; negative regulation of cortisol biosynthetic process [GO:2000065]; negative regulation of dense core granule biogenesis [GO:2000706]; negative regulation of gene expression [GO:0010629]; negative regulation of insulin secretion [GO:0046676]; negative regulation of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation [GO:2000740]; negative regulation of miRNA transcription [GO:1902894]; negative regulation of neurogenesis [GO:0050768]; negative regulation of neuron differentiation [GO:0045665]; negative regulation of oxidative stress-induced neuron death [GO:1903204]; negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated [GO:0045892]; negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II [GO:0000122]; negative regulation of transcription regulatory region DNA binding [GO:2000678]; neuromuscular process controlling balance [GO:0050885]; neuronal stem cell population maintenance [GO:0097150]; positive regulation of apoptotic process [GO:0043065]; positive regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process [GO:0043280]; positive regulation of gene expression [GO:0010628]; positive regulation of neuron differentiation [GO:0045666]; positive regulation of oxidative stress-induced neuron death [GO:1903223]; positive regulation of stem cell population maintenance [GO:1902459]; positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated [GO:0045893]; positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II [GO:0045944]; regulation of alternative mRNA splicing, via spliceosome [GO:0000381]; regulation of gene expression [GO:0010468]; regulation of osteoblast differentiation [GO:0045667]; regulation of oxidative stress-induced neuron death [GO:1903203]; regulation of transcription, DNA-templated [GO:0006355]; response to hypoxia [GO:0001666]; response to ischemia [GO:0002931]; somatic stem cell population maintenance [GO:0035019]
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GO - Molecular function (MF):
chromatin binding [GO:0003682]; DNA-binding transcription factor activity [GO:0003700]; DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific [GO:0001227]; identical protein binding [GO:0042802]; metal ion binding [GO:0046872]; RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-spec...
chromatin binding [GO:0003682]; DNA-binding transcription factor activity [GO:0003700]; DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific [GO:0001227]; identical protein binding [GO:0042802]; metal ion binding [GO:0046872]; RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding [GO:0000978]; RNA polymerase II core promoter sequence-specific DNA binding [GO:0000979]; RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription factor binding [GO:0061629]; transcription cis-regulatory region binding [GO:0000976]
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GO - Cellular component (CC):
cytoplasm [GO:0005737]; cytosol [GO:0005829]; nucleoplasm [GO:0005654]; nucleus [GO:0005634]; transcription repressor complex [GO:0017053]...
cytoplasm [GO:0005737]; cytosol [GO:0005829]; nucleoplasm [GO:0005654]; nucleus [GO:0005634]; transcription repressor complex [GO:0017053]
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