RNF183

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Also known as MGC4734

Summary

RNF183 (ring finger protein 183, HGNC:28721) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 9q32, encoding E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RNF183 (Q96D59). Acts as an E3 ubiquitin ligase catalyzing the covalent attachment of ubiquitin moieties onto substrate proteins.

Enables ubiquitin protein ligase activity. Involved in positive regulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway; protein ubiquitination; and response to endoplasmic reticulum stress. Located in endoplasmic reticulum membrane.

Source: NCBI Gene 138065 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 1
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 33 total
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001371237

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:28721
Approved symbolRNF183
Namering finger protein 183
Location9q32
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesMGC4734
Ensembl geneENSG00000165188
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM621029
Entrez138065

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 15 — 13 protein_coding, 2 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined

ENST00000297894, ENST00000416588, ENST00000441031, ENST00000443976, ENST00000478493, ENST00000478815, ENST00000489339, ENST00000905342, ENST00000905343, ENST00000905344, ENST00000905345, ENST00000905346, ENST00000905347, ENST00000939773, ENST00000948601

RefSeq mRNA: 7 — MANE Select: NM_001371237 NM_001371234, NM_001371235, NM_001371236, NM_001371237, NM_001387568, NM_001387569, NM_145051

CCDS: CCDS43866

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000489339 — 5 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE00001560350113299572113299775
ENSE00001785320113297093113298221
ENSE00001794602113303056113303376
ENSE00001822917113302195113302313
ENSE00001863928113301672113301751

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 156 present calls, max score 98.93.

Top tissues by expression

244 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
pancreatic ductal cellCL:000207998.93gold quality
corpus epididymisUBERON:000435989.27gold quality
kidney epitheliumUBERON:000481987.91gold quality
buccal mucosa cellCL:000233687.77gold quality
epithelial cell of pancreasCL:000008379.43silver quality
caput epididymisUBERON:000435878.39gold quality
nasal cavity epitheliumUBERON:000538477.69silver quality
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testisCL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:000047377.43gold quality
gall bladderUBERON:000211075.00gold quality
adult mammalian kidneyUBERON:000008274.64gold quality
palpebral conjunctivaUBERON:000181274.18gold quality
primordial germ cell in gonadCL:0000670 ∩ UBERON:000099173.76gold quality
lower esophagus mucosaUBERON:003583473.29gold quality
minor salivary glandUBERON:000183072.59gold quality
olfactory segment of nasal mucosaUBERON:000538672.40gold quality
esophagus mucosaUBERON:000246972.24gold quality
kidneyUBERON:000211372.05gold quality
esophagus squamous epitheliumUBERON:000692071.37gold quality
oviduct epitheliumUBERON:000480471.02gold quality
left testisUBERON:000453370.91gold quality
endothelial cellCL:000011570.26silver quality
right testisUBERON:000453469.85gold quality
testisUBERON:000047369.27gold quality
endometriumUBERON:000129568.94gold quality
cortex of kidneyUBERON:000122568.74gold quality
mouth mucosaUBERON:000372968.44gold quality
saliva-secreting glandUBERON:000104467.15gold quality
right uterine tubeUBERON:000130266.73gold quality
bronchial epithelial cellCL:000232866.57gold quality
nasal cavity mucosaUBERON:000182666.29gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 0.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-ANND-3no3.03

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

35 targeting RNF183, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-3613-3P100.0076.367965
HSA-MIR-4262100.0073.263931
HSA-MIR-8485100.0077.574731
HSA-MIR-371B-5P99.9975.344759
HSA-MIR-181A-5P99.9972.962995
HSA-MIR-181B-5P99.9972.972996
HSA-MIR-181C-5P99.9972.952996
HSA-MIR-181D-5P99.9973.042997
HSA-MIR-373-5P99.9875.364753
HSA-MIR-616-5P99.9875.584775
HSA-MIR-96-5P99.9572.802140
HSA-MIR-1213399.9271.822006
HSA-MIR-497-5P99.9271.832674
HSA-MIR-1271-5P99.9171.991972
HSA-MIR-15A-5P99.9072.802787
HSA-MIR-15B-5P99.9072.782798
HSA-MIR-16-5P99.9072.802780
HSA-MIR-195-5P99.9072.812805
HSA-MIR-6838-5P99.8971.942690
HSA-MIR-424-5P99.8971.902641
HSA-MIR-182-5P99.8774.032589
HSA-MIR-453099.6966.471509
HSA-MIR-7-5P99.6770.531809
HSA-MIR-29B-2-5P99.6768.981726
HSA-MIR-469699.4867.481040
HSA-MIR-888-5P99.3070.151855
HSA-MIR-508-3P98.6669.62887
HSA-MIR-31-5P98.5868.351239
HSA-MIR-3928-5P98.5067.48980
HSA-MIR-6806-3P98.5067.31980

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 9)

  • RNF183, which is negatively regulated by miR-7, is a novel regulator promoting intestinal inflammation by increasing the ubiquitination and degradation of IkappaBalpha, thereby inducing NF-kappaB activation. The interaction between RNF183-mediated ubiquitination and miRNA may be an important novel epigenetic mechanism in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. (PMID:26818663)
  • The RNF183-IL-8 axis is responsible for the resistance of colorectal cancer (CRC)cells to the MEK1/2 inhibitor trametinib and may serve as a candidate target for combined therapy for CRC. (PMID:28756770)
  • RNF183 promotes proliferation and metastasis of colorectal cancer cells via activation of NF-kappaB-IL-8 axis (PMID:28796265)
  • Sec16A also stabilized the interacting ubiquitin ligase RNF152, which localizes to the lysosome and has structural similarity with RNF183 (PMID:29300766)
  • RNF183 plays an important role in executing programmed cell death upon prolonged endoplasmic reticulum stress, likely by inducing apoptosis through Bcl-xL.RNF183 ubiquitinates Bcl-xL. (PMID:29507230)
  • Na, K-ATPase alpha1 and beta1 subunits are degraded in lysosomes by RNF183-mediated ubiquitination of beta1 subunit. (PMID:31732153)
  • The Role of Tissue-Specific Ubiquitin Ligases, RNF183, RNF186, RNF182 and RNF152, in Disease and Biological Function. (PMID:32486221)
  • Cathepsin D as a potential therapeutic target to enhance anticancer drug-induced apoptosis via RNF183-mediated destabilization of Bcl-xL in cancer cells. (PMID:35121737)
  • The YTHDC1/GLUT3/RNF183 axis forms a positive feedback loop that modulates glucose metabolism and bladder cancer progression. (PMID:37258572)

Cross-species orthologs

2 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
mus_musculusRnf183ENSMUSG00000063851
rattus_norvegicusRnf183ENSRNOG00000064866

Paralogs (3): RNF208 (ENSG00000212864), RNF223 (ENSG00000237330), RNF225 (ENSG00000269855)

Protein

Protein identifiers

E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RNF183Q96D59 (reviewed: Q96D59)

All UniProt accessions (1): Q96D59

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Acts as an E3 ubiquitin ligase catalyzing the covalent attachment of ubiquitin moieties onto substrate proteins. Triggers apoptosis in response to prolonged ER stress by mediating the polyubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of BCL2L1. May collaborate with FATE1 to restrain BIK protein levels thus regulating apoptotic signaling.

Subunit / interactions. Interacts with FATE1. Interacts with SEC16A. Interacts with BCL2L1.

Subcellular location. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Endoplasmic reticulum. Golgi apparatus. cis-Golgi network membrane. Lysosome membrane.

Tissue specificity. Kidney and testis.

Post-translational modifications. Autoubiquitinated (in vitro).

Induction. Up-regulated by ER stress in an ERN1-dependent manner.

Pathway. Protein modification; protein ubiquitination.

RefSeq proteins (7): NP_001358163, NP_001358164, NP_001358165, NP_001358166, NP_001374497, NP_001374498, NP_659488 (=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR001841Znf_RINGDomain
IPR013083Znf_RING/FYVE/PHDHomologous_superfamily
IPR017907Znf_RING_CSConserved_site
IPR051435RING_finger_E3_ubiq-ligasesFamily

UniProt features (14 total): mutagenesis site 7, topological domain 2, sequence variant 2, chain 1, transmembrane region 1, zinc finger region 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q96D59-F167.530.07

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Mutagenesis-validated functional residues (7):

PositionPhenotype
28loss of autoubiquitination but no effect on ubiquitination of bcl2l1; when associated with r-101 and r-105.
59abolishes autoubiquitination; when associated with a-13.
101loss of autoubiquitination but no effect on ubiquitination of bcl2l1; when associated with r-28 and r-105.
105loss of autoubiquitination but no effect on ubiquitination of bcl2l1; when associated with r-28 and r-101.
13abolishes autoubiquitination; when associated with a-59.
13loss of autoubiquitination and reduced ubiquitination of bcl2l1; when associated with s-16.
16loss of autoubiquitination and reduced ubiquitination of bcl2l1; when associated with s-13.

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

0 pathways

MSigDB gene sets: 69 (showing top): GOCC_VACUOLAR_MEMBRANE, GOBP_RESPONSE_TO_ENDOPLASMIC_RETICULUM_STRESS, MONNIER_POSTRADIATION_TUMOR_ESCAPE_UP, GOBP_APOPTOTIC_SIGNALING_PATHWAY, KOYAMA_SEMA3B_TARGETS_UP, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_ENDOPLASMIC_RETICULUM_STRESS_INDUCED_INTRINSIC_APOPTOTIC_SIGNALING_PATHWAY, GOBP_PROTEIN_AUTOUBIQUITINATION, HNF4_DR1_Q3, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_RESPONSE_TO_STRESS, GOBP_POST_TRANSLATIONAL_PROTEIN_MODIFICATION, GOBP_PROTEIN_POLYUBIQUITINATION, GOBP_INTRINSIC_APOPTOTIC_SIGNALING_PATHWAY, GOBP_POSITIVE_REGULATION_OF_INTRACELLULAR_SIGNAL_TRANSDUCTION, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_CELLULAR_RESPONSE_TO_STRESS, GOBP_POSITIVE_REGULATION_OF_INTRINSIC_APOPTOTIC_SIGNALING_PATHWAY

GO Biological Process (6): protein polyubiquitination (GO:0000209), apoptotic process (GO:0006915), protein ubiquitination (GO:0016567), response to endoplasmic reticulum stress (GO:0034976), protein autoubiquitination (GO:0051865), positive regulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway (GO:1902237)

GO Molecular Function (5): zinc ion binding (GO:0008270), ubiquitin protein ligase activity (GO:0061630), protein binding (GO:0005515), transferase activity (GO:0016740), metal ion binding (GO:0046872)

GO Cellular Component (7): lysosomal membrane (GO:0005765), endoplasmic reticulum (GO:0005783), endoplasmic reticulum membrane (GO:0005789), cis-Golgi network membrane (GO:0033106), lysosome (GO:0005764), Golgi apparatus (GO:0005794), membrane (GO:0016020)

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
protein ubiquitination2
cytoplasm2
endomembrane system2
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle2
programmed cell death1
apoptotic signaling pathway1
execution phase of apoptosis1
protein modification by small protein conjugation1
cellular response to stress1
intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in response to endoplasmic reticulum stress1
regulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway1
positive regulation of response to endoplasmic reticulum stress1
positive regulation of intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway1
transition metal ion binding1
ubiquitin-protein transferase activity1
ubiquitin-like protein ligase activity1
binding1
catalytic activity1
cation binding1
lysosome1
lytic vacuole membrane1
organelle membrane1
nuclear outer membrane-endoplasmic reticulum membrane network1
endoplasmic reticulum subcompartment1
cis-Golgi network1
bounding membrane of organelle1
lytic vacuole1
cellular anatomical structure1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

416 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
RNF183FATE1Q969F0747
RNF183RNF186Q9NXI6620
RNF183RNF150Q9ULK6566
RNF183TRIM31Q9BZY9507
RNF183RNF175Q8N4F7490
RNF183RNFT1Q5M7Z0478
RNF183RNFT2Q96EX2467
RNF183ZNRF4Q8WWF5464
RNF183RNF130Q86XS8431
RNF183RNF144BQ7Z419427
RNF183RNF152Q8N8N0425
RNF183RMND5BQ96G75406
RNF183RNF13O43567403
RNF183RNF144AP50876402
RNF183TMEM129A0AVI4394

IntAct

139 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
FATE1RNF183psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.670
RNF183TAX1BP3psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
GOPCRNF183psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
TAX1BP3RNF183psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183GOPCpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
UBE2KRNF183psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183UBE2Wpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183A2Mpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183APBB2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183ERCC8psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183TPP1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183DBHpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183DCTN1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183DNM2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
DR1RNF183psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
FXNRNF183psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183GLE1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
GTF2BRNF183psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
HEXBRNF183psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
HOXD10RNF183psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183HSPB1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183MECP2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
RNF183NDUFV2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
NF2RNF183psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560

BioGRID (60): RNF183 (Two-hybrid), RNF183 (Two-hybrid), RNF183 (Two-hybrid), RNF183 (Two-hybrid), RNF183 (Two-hybrid), RNF183 (Two-hybrid), RNF183 (Two-hybrid), NFKBIA (Affinity Capture-Western), RNF183 (Biochemical Activity), BCL2L1 (Affinity Capture-Western), RNF183 (Affinity Capture-Western), BCL2L1 (Reconstituted Complex), BCL2 (Reconstituted Complex), RNF183 (Biochemical Activity), SEC16A (Affinity Capture-Western)

ESM2 similar proteins: A6NCL7, A6NCQ9, A6QP29, A6QQV9, B1AVH7, B5DFA1, D2H0G5, D2H6Z0, D2H788, D3ZBM4, D4A723, E1C2W7, O95153, Q0QWG9, Q3SWY0, Q3T0Y9, Q3U0L2, Q3UV31, Q3V3A7, Q5RF77, Q60943, Q6INB3, Q6PGG2, Q7TNF8, Q7Z465, Q80TI1, Q810L3, Q8BG47, Q8BRJ3, Q8BXP5, Q8C0R7, Q8C432, Q8CEF8, Q8HYZ0, Q8N0U2, Q8N6D2, Q8N8N0, Q8NC24, Q8QZS5, Q8TED9

Diamond homologs: A0A7I2V3R4, D2H788, D3ZBM4, O70277, O75382, P0DH78, Q3SWY0, Q3UIW8, Q58EC8, Q68EV7, Q6INB3, Q8C432, Q8N6D2, Q8QZS5, Q96D59, Q9BRZ2, Q9R1R2, D2H6Z0, D4A723, E1C2W7, Q03601, Q13049, Q6GND7, Q6NRD3, Q8BG47, Q8CH72, Q8N8N0, Q9D241, E1BD59, E7ERA6, M0QZC1, Q3UV31, Q5ZMD4, Q6IMG5, Q6VVB1, Q8BR37, Q8IWR1, Q9D7D1, A6NCQ9, Q8CEF8

SIGNOR signaling

4 interactions.

AEffectBMechanism
Ub:E2“up-regulates activity”RNF183ubiquitination
RNF183“down-regulates quantity by destabilization”TNFRSF10Bpolyubiquitination
RNF183“down-regulates quantity by destabilization”ATP1B1polyubiquitination
RNF183“down-regulates quantity by destabilization”BCL2L1ubiquitination

Enriched among interaction partners

Reactome pathways and GO biological processes over-represented among this gene’s 45 IntAct physical interaction partners (hypergeometric vs the genome-wide background, BH-FDR, gene-set size 15–500, ranked by fold). A functional readout of the neighbourhood — distinct from this gene’s own memberships above, and biased toward well-studied / hub proteins, so read it as themes rather than proof.

GO biological processes:

GO termPartnersFoldFDR
adult locomotory behavior640.1×5e-06
negative regulation of neuron apoptotic process512.3×8e-03
positive regulation of apoptotic process67.6×1e-02

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

33 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance30
Likely benign2
Benign0

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

254 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
9:113298218:CGTC:Cacceptor_gain0.9900
9:113298226:C:CTacceptor_gain0.9900
9:113298227:A:Tacceptor_gain0.9900
9:113298218:CGTCC:Cacceptor_loss0.9800
9:113298219:GTCC:Gacceptor_loss0.9800
9:113298222:CTG:Cacceptor_loss0.9800
9:113298223:T:Aacceptor_loss0.9800
9:113298958:ACC:Adonor_loss0.9700
9:113298222:C:CCacceptor_gain0.9600
9:113298220:TC:Tacceptor_gain0.9300
9:113298221:CC:Cacceptor_gain0.9300
9:113298219:GTC:Gacceptor_gain0.9200
9:113298218:C:CTacceptor_gain0.8900
9:113298217:ACGTC:Aacceptor_gain0.8800
9:113298296:C:CCacceptor_gain0.8400
9:113298958:A:ACdonor_gain0.8300
9:113298959:C:CCdonor_gain0.8300
9:113298219:GTCCT:Gacceptor_gain0.7900
9:113298291:GTGTT:Gacceptor_gain0.7900
9:113298222:C:Tacceptor_gain0.7600
9:113298220:TCCTG:Tacceptor_gain0.7500
9:113298995:C:CTdonor_gain0.7500
9:113298996:T:TTdonor_gain0.7500
9:113299078:AGGGG:Adonor_gain0.7500
9:113298219:G:Tacceptor_gain0.7400
9:113298292:TGTT:Tacceptor_gain0.7400
9:113298222:CT:Cacceptor_gain0.7200
9:113298927:C:CAdonor_gain0.7000
9:113299031:C:Adonor_gain0.7000
9:113298224:G:Cacceptor_loss0.6900

AlphaMissense

0 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000225968 (9:113304003 C>T), RS1000528155 (9:113304899 T>A,G), RS1000564960 (9:113302527 A>T), RS1000778934 (9:113302190 C>T), RS1001305469 (9:113299625 T>C), RS1001349772 (9:113303532 A>G), RS1001478872 (9:113297229 T>G), RS1001570612 (9:113297474 C>T), RS1001799174 (9:113303151 G>A), RS1003574038 (9:113300596 G>A,T), RS1003850023 (9:113299295 A>C), RS1003873825 (9:113301680 G>A,C,T), RS1004575593 (9:113297138 C>G), RS1004650776 (9:113297434 CGTTTTTTT>C), RS1004758272 (9:113304437 G>A)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:621029 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

1 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST90000025_419Appendicular lean mass2.000000e-15

EFO canonical traits (1, from GWAS)

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:0004980appendicular lean mass

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

17 total (human), top 17 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
Resveratroldecreases expression, affects cotreatment2
Benzo(a)pyreneaffects methylation, increases expression2
propionaldehydeincreases expression1
CGP 52608affects binding, increases reaction1
Acetaminophendecreases expression1
Cadmiumdecreases expression1
Copperaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
Diethylhexyl Phthalatedecreases expression1
Estradiolincreases expression1
Malathionincreases expression1
Plant Extractsaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
Testosteronedecreases expression1
Tobacco Smoke Pollutionincreases expression1
Triclosanincreases expression1
Cyclosporinedecreases methylation1
Cadmium Chloridedecreases expression1
Copper Sulfateincreases expression1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

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