Aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator-like 2, also known as Mop9,1 Bmal2,2 CLIF,3, or ARNTL2, is a gene.
Arntl2 is a mammalian paralog (with ARNTL) of the Drosophila Cycle gene4. Homologs were isolated in fish5, birds6 and mammals such as mice7 and humans8. Based on phylogenetic analyses, it was proposed that Arntl2 arose from duplication of the Arntl gene early in the vertebrate lineage, followed by rapid divergence of the Arntl gene copy9. The protein product of the gene interacts with both Clock and NPAS2 to bind to E-box sequences in regulated promoters and activate their transcription.1 Although Arntl2 is not required for normal function of the mammalian circadian oscillator, it may play an important role in mediating the output of the circadian clock. Perhaps because of this, there is relatively little published literature on the role of Arntl2 in regulation of physiology.
In over expression studies, Arntl2 forms a heterodimer with Clock to regulate E-box sequences in the Pai-1 promoter.3 Recent work suggest that this interaction may be in concert with Arntl/Clock heterodimeric complexes.11
^ ab Hogenesch JB, Gu YZ, Moran SM, et al (2000). "The basic helix-loop-helix-PAS protein MOP9 is a brain-specific heterodimeric partner of circadian and hypoxia factors". J. Neurosci.20 (13): RC83. PMID 10864977.
^ Ikeda M, Yu W, Hirai M, et al (2000). "cDNA cloning of a novel bHLH-PAS transcription factor superfamily gene, BMAL2: its mRNA expression, subcellular distribution, and chromosomal localization". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.275 (2): 493–502. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2000.3248. PMID 10964693.
^ ab Maemura K, de la Monte SM, Chin MT, et al (2000). "CLIF, a novel cycle-like factor, regulates the circadian oscillation of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene expression". J. Biol. Chem.275 (47): 36847–51. doi:10.1074/jbc.C000629200. PMID 11018023.
^ Hogenesch JB, Gu YZ, Moran SM, et al (2000). "The basic helix-loop-helix-PAS protein MOP9 is a brain-specific heterodimeric partner of circadian and hypoxia factors". J. Neurosci.20 (13): RC83. PMID 10864977.
^ Hung MS, Avner P, Rogner UC (2006). "Identification of the transcription factor ARNTL2 as a candidate gene for the type 1 diabetes locus Idd6". Hum. Mol. Genet.15 (18): 2732–42. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddl209. PMID 16893914.
^ Schoenhard JA, Smith LH, Painter CA, Eren M, Johnson CH, Vaughan DE (2003). "Regulation of the PAI-1 promoter by circadian clock components: differential activation by BMAL1 and BMAL2". J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol.35 (5): 473–81. PMID 12738229.