| Primary Identifier | IPR026932 | Type | Domain |
| Short Name | MYRF_ICA |
| description | Myelin regulatory factor (Myrf) is a transcription regulator required in vertebrates for expression of central nervous system (CNS) myelin genes such as Mbp and Mog, thereby playing a central role in oligodendrocyte maturation and CNS myelination []. It is also required for the maintenance of expression of myelin genes and the mature oligodendrocytes identity in the adult CNS [, ]. A Caenorhabditis elegans orthologue, pqn-47, may function as a regulator of molting [], while a Dictyostelium orthologue has been described to regulate prestalk differentiation [].This domain is found towards the C terminus of myelin regulatory factor (Myrf) and corresponds to the Intramolecular Chaperone Auto-processing (ICA) domain. It forms a homo-trimer and carries out the auto-cleavage of Myrf releasing the N-terminal homo-trimer from the ER membrane. This allows its entry to the nucleus to function as a homo-trimer transcription factor []. |
