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Also known as BCL6_HUMAN, BCL6, BCL5, LAZ3, ZBTB27, ZNF51. Transcriptional repressor mainly required for germinal center (GC) formation and antibody affinity maturation which has different mechanisms of action specific to the lineage and biological functions. Forms complexes with different corepressors and histone deacetylases to repress the transcriptional expression of different subsets of target genes. Represses its target genes by binding directly to the DNA sequence 5'-TTCCTAGAA-3' (BCL6-binding site) or indirectly by repressing the transcriptional activity of transcription factors. In GC B-cells, represses genes that function in differentiation, inflammation, apoptosis and cell cycle control, also autoregulates its transcriptional expression and up-regulates, indirectly, the expression of some genes important for GC reactions, such as AICDA, through the repression of microRNAs expression, like miR155. An important function is to allow GC B-cells to proliferate very rapidly in response to T-cell dependent antigens and tolerate the physiological DNA breaks required for immunglobulin class switch recombination and somatic hypermutation without inducing a p53/TP53-dependent apoptotic response. In follicular helper CD4(+) T-cells (T(FH) cells), promotes the expression of T(FH)-related genes but inhibits the differentiation of T(H)1, T(H)2 and T(H)17 cells. Also required for the establishment and maintenance of immunological memory for both T- and B-cells. Suppresses macrophage proliferation through competition with STAT5 for STAT-binding motifs binding on certain target genes, such as CCL2 and CCND2. In response to genotoxic stress, controls cell cycle arrest in GC B-cells in both p53/TP53-dependedent and -independent manners. Besides, also controls neurogenesis through the alteration of the composition of NOTCH-dependent transcriptional complexes at selective NOTCH targets, such as HES5, including the recruitment of the deacetylase SIRT1 and resulting in an epigenetic silencing leading to neuronal differentiation. Homodimer. Interacts (via BTB domain) with the corepressors BCOR, NCOR1 and SMRT/NCOR2; the interactions are direct. Forms preferably ternary complexes with BCOR and SMRT/NCOR2 on target gene promoters but, on enhancer elements, interacts with SMRT/NCOR2 and HDAC3 to repress proximal gene expression. Interacts with histone deacetylases HDAC2, HDAC5 and HDAC9 (via the catalytic domain). Interacts with ZBTB7 and BCL6B. Interacts with SCF(FBXO11) complex; the interaction is independent of phosphorylation and promotes ubiquitination. Interacts (when phosphorylated) with PIN1; the interaction is required for BCL6 degradation upon genotoxic stress. Interacts with ZBTB17; inhibits ZBTB17 transcriptional activity. Interacts with CTBP1, autoinhibits its transcriptional expression. Interacts with NOTCH1 NCID and SIRT1; leads to a epigenetic repression of selective NOTCH1-target genes. Interacts (nor via BTB domain neither acetylated) with the NuRD complex components CHD4, HDAC1, MBD3 and MTA3; the interaction with MTA3 inhibits BCL6 acetylation and is required for BCL6 transpriptional repression.

Also known as BCL6_HUMAN, BCL6, BCL5, LAZ3, ZBTB27, ZNF51. Transcriptional repressor mainly required for germinal center (GC) formation and antibody affinity maturation which has different mechan ...

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BCL6

B-cell lymphoma 6 protein

BCL6

Molecular Synopsis