Gene Information
Gene NameRXRB
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length533
Protein NamesRetinoic acid receptor RXR-beta (Nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group B member 2) (Retinoid X receptor beta)
Target Nameretinoic acid receptor rxr-beta
Target TypeSuccessful target
Gene Age454 ( ENSG00000204231 )
3 ( ENSG00000206289 )
3 ( ENSG00000227322 )
3 ( ENSG00000228333 )
3 ( ENSG00000231321 )
3 ( ENSG00000235712 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBP28702
Gene CardRXRB
Uniprot IDP28702
PfamPF00104; PF00105
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.328616718)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ RXRB ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ RXRB ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ RXRB ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ RXRB ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Rxrb ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ RXRB ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Rxrb ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ RXRB ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsHNF4A, HNF4G, RXRA, RXRG
ParalogsNR2E3, NR2F2, RXRA, HNF4A, NR2F6, HNF4G, RXRG, NR2C2, NR2C1, NR2F1, NR2E1
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in aortic endothelial cells (at protein level) (PubMed:28167758). Expressed in monocytes (PubMed:26463675). Expressed in a variety of tumor cell lines. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:26463675, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28167758, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8381386}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.287874(Rat);0.047027(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1H9U  (X-ray  2.70A  1UHL  (X-ray  2.90A  5HJP  (X-ray  2.60A  5I4V  (X-ray  2.61A  5KYA  (X-ray  2.60A  5KYJ  (X-ray  2.80A  7A78  (X-ray  1.72A 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1310259, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28167758}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:28167758}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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