| HGNC Family | Zinc fingers |
| Name | ring finger protein 212B |
| Description | Predicted to enable SUMO transferase activity and ubiquitin protein ligase activity. Predicted to be involved in chiasma assembly and protein ubiquitination. Predicted to be located in chromosome. Predicted to be active in synaptonemal complex. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025] |
| Summary |
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These investigations demonstrate that ATF6 activation, through regulated intramembrane proteolysis and nuclear translocation, is essential for proper transcriptional responses that maintain ER quality control, limit misfolded protein accumulation, and ensure cell survival under stress conditions."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_fs", "start_ref": "1", "end_ref": "7"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n\n"}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\nA separate group of studies extends the understanding of ATF6 function by placing it within diverse physiological and pathological scenarios such as cardiac hypertrophy and ischemia/reperfusion injury, tumor dormancy and chemoresistance, osteoblast differentiation, neuroprotection in Parkinson’s disease, and regulation of lipid metabolism in hepatocytes and renal cells. In these contexts ATF6 activation not only ensures the induction of protective chaperones (e.g., GRP78, GRP94) but also modulates apoptotic regulators, inflammatory mediators, and metabolic transcription factors. Integration with other UPR branches (such as PERK and IRE1‐XBP1) further highlights a finely tuned mechanism where alterations in ATF6 signaling—as demonstrated by genetic ablation or pharmacological manipulation—can markedly influence cell survival, regenerative repair, and organ function."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_fs", "start_ref": "8", "end_ref": "23"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n\n"}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\nIn light of these extensive insights into ATF6‐mediated stress responses, it is tempting to hypothesize about the potential function of RNF212B. As a member of the RING finger protein family—whose members frequently serve as E3 ubiquitin ligases mediating selective protein ubiquitination and turnover—it is plausible that RNF212B could interface with the UPR machinery. Drawing an analogy with ATF6’s regulation of protein quality control and with recent findings that underscore the participation of ubiquitin‐related processes in modulating ER stress outcomes, RNF212B might regulate the degradation or stabilization of key UPR components (or their regulatory partners), thereby contributing to cellular proteostasis. However, none of the above studies directly address RNF212B; resolving its precise role will require dedicated experimental focus."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_fs", "start_ref": "24", "end_ref": "46"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": ""}]}]}]}, {"type": "rg", "children": [{"type": "r", "ref": 1, "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "Keisuke Yamamoto, Takashi Sato, Toshie Matsui, et al. 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| Synonyms | C14ORF164 |
| Proteins | R212B_HUMAN |
| NCBI Gene ID | 100507650 |
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RNF212B has 830 functional associations with biological entities spanning 6 categories (functional term, phrase or reference, disease, phenotype or trait, chemical, structural feature, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 30 datasets.
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If available, associations are ranked by standardized value
| Dataset | Summary | |
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| Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles | tissue samples with high or low expression of RNF212B gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles dataset. | |
| Allen Brain Atlas Developing Human Brain Tissue Gene Expression Profiles by RNA-seq | tissue samples with high or low expression of RNF212B gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Developing Human Brain Tissue Gene Expression Profiles by RNA-seq dataset. | |
| CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations | cell types associated with RNF212B gene from the CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations dataset. | |
| ChEA Transcription Factor Targets 2022 | transcription factors binding the promoter of RNF212B gene in low- or high-throughput transcription factor functional studies from the CHEA Transcription Factor Targets 2022 dataset. | |
| CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas | gene perturbations changing expression of RNF212B gene from the CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas dataset. | |
| COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 | cellular components containing RNF212B protein from the COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset. | |
| COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 | cellular components co-occuring with RNF212B protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset. | |
| DepMap CRISPR Gene Dependency | cell lines with fitness changed by RNF212B gene knockdown relative to other cell lines from the DepMap CRISPR Gene Dependency dataset. | |
| DISEASES Experimental Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 | diseases associated with RNF212B gene in GWAS datasets from the DISEASES Experimental Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores 2025 dataset. | |
| DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 | diseases co-occuring with RNF212B gene in abstracts of biomedical publications from the DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores 2025 dataset. | |
| GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 | biological processes involving RNF212B gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 dataset. | |
| GO Biological Process Annotations 2025 | biological processes involving RNF212B gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations2025 dataset. | |
| GO Molecular Function Annotations 2015 | molecular functions performed by RNF212B gene from the curated GO Molecular Function Annotations 2015 dataset. | |
| GO Molecular Function Annotations 2023 | molecular functions performed by RNF212B gene from the curated GO Molecular Function Annotations 2023 dataset. | |
| GO Molecular Function Annotations 2025 | molecular functions performed by RNF212B gene from the curated GO Molecular Function Annotations 2025 dataset. | |
| GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles | tissues with high or low expression of RNF212B gene relative to other tissues from the GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles dataset. | |
| GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 | phenotypes associated with RNF212B gene in GWAS datasets from the GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 dataset. | |
| HPA Tissue Gene Expression Profiles | tissues with high or low expression of RNF212B gene relative to other tissues from the HPA Tissue Gene Expression Profiles dataset. | |
| HPA Tissue Protein Expression Profiles | tissues with high or low expression of RNF212B protein relative to other tissues from the HPA Tissue Protein Expression Profiles dataset. | |
| InterPro Predicted Protein Domain Annotations | protein domains predicted for RNF212B protein from the InterPro Predicted Protein Domain Annotations dataset. | |
| JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets 2025 | transcription factors regulating expression of RNF212B gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets dataset. | |
| JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 | transcription factors regulating expression of RNF212B gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 dataset. | |
| Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles | cell lines with high or low copy number of RNF212B gene relative to other cell lines from the Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset. | |
| PerturbAtlas Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Gene Perturbations | gene perturbations changing expression of RNF212B gene from the PerturbAtlas Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Gene Perturbations dataset. | |
| PerturbAtlas Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Mouse Gene Perturbations | gene perturbations changing expression of RNF212B gene from the PerturbAtlas Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Gene Perturbations dataset. | |
| Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 | transcription factors regulating expression of RNF212B gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset. | |
| RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures | drug perturbations changing expression of RNF212B gene from the RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset. | |
| RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures | gene perturbations changing expression of RNF212B gene from the RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset. | |
| TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 | tissues with high expression of RNF212B protein in proteomics datasets from the TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset. | |
| TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 | tissues co-occuring with RNF212B protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset. | |