RARA
retinoic acid receptor alpha | NR1B1, RAR, RAR-alpha, RARalpha

This gene represents a nuclear retinoic acid receptor. The encoded protein, retinoic acid receptor alpha, regulates transcription in a ligand-dependent manner. This gene has been implicated in regulation of development, differentiation, apoptosis, granulopoeisis, and transcription of clock genes. Translocations between this locus and several other loci have been associated with acute promyelocytic leukemia. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this locus.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2010]

Developmental clusters: GC2
Biological processes 103 terms
DNA binding (GO:0003677)DNA-binding transcription factor activity (GO:0003700)DNA-binding transcription factor activity (GO:0003700)DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981)DNA-binding transcription repressor activity (GO:0001217)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)RNA polymerase II transcription regulator complex (GO:0090575)RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000977)RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000977)Sertoli cell fate commitment (GO:0060010)alpha-actinin binding (GO:0051393)apoptotic cell clearance (GO:0043277)cell differentiation (GO:0030154)cellular response to estrogen stimulus (GO:0071391)cellular response to lipopolysaccharide (GO:0071222)cellular response to retinoic acid (GO:0071300)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin DNA binding (GO:0031490)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytosol (GO:0005829)dendrite (GO:0030425)enzyme binding (GO:0019899)female pregnancy (GO:0007565)germ cell development (GO:0007281)heterocyclic compound binding (GO:1901363)hippocampus development (GO:0021766)histone deacetylase binding (GO:0042826)liver development (GO:0001889)mRNA 5'-UTR binding (GO:0048027)mRNA regulatory element binding translation repressor activity (GO:0000900)mRNA transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0042789)mRNA transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0042789)male gonad development (GO:0008584)negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045892)negative regulation of cell population proliferation (GO:0008285)negative regulation of granulocyte differentiation (GO:0030853)negative regulation of miRNA transcription (GO:1902894)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of translation (GO:0017148)negative regulation of tumor necrosis factor production (GO:0032720)negative regulation of type II interferon production (GO:0032689)nuclear receptor activity (GO:0004879)nuclear receptor activity (GO:0004879)nuclear receptor activity (GO:0004879)nucleolus (GO:0005730)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)perinuclear region of cytoplasm (GO:0048471)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of T-helper 2 cell differentiation (GO:0045630)positive regulation of binding (GO:0051099)positive regulation of cell cycle (GO:0045787)positive regulation of cell population proliferation (GO:0008284)positive regulation of gene expression (GO:0010628)positive regulation of interleukin-13 production (GO:0032736)positive regulation of interleukin-4 production (GO:0032753)positive regulation of interleukin-5 production (GO:0032754)positive regulation of neuron differentiation (GO:0045666)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)prostate gland development (GO:0030850)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein domain specific binding (GO:0019904)protein kinase A binding (GO:0051018)protein kinase B binding (GO:0043422)protein phosphorylation (GO:0006468)protein-containing complex (GO:0032991)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)regulation of apoptotic process (GO:0042981)regulation of myelination (GO:0031641)regulation of synaptic plasticity (GO:0048167)response to cytokine (GO:0034097)response to estradiol (GO:0032355)response to ethanol (GO:0045471)response to retinoic acid (GO:0032526)response to vitamin A (GO:0033189)retinoic acid binding (GO:0001972)retinoic acid receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048384)retinoic acid receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048384)retinoic acid receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048384)retinoic acid receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048384)retinoic acid-responsive element binding (GO:0044323)sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0043565)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)signaling receptor binding (GO:0005102)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)transcription coactivator binding (GO:0001223)transcription coactivator binding (GO:0001223)zinc ion binding (GO:0008270)
Expression (TPM)
RARA — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating RARA 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for RARA. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = RARA upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to RARA

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of RARA, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr17:40,054,311–40,054,810 254.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 694
chr17:40,062,700–40,063,624 246.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 609
chr17:40,075,390–40,075,997 233.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 556
chr17:40,098,950–40,099,858 209.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 997
chr17:40,100,155–40,101,301 208.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 954
chr17:40,111,702–40,112,164 197.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 678
chr17:40,113,185–40,113,691 195.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 864
chr17:40,121,452–40,123,602 187.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 799
chr17:40,139,909–40,141,108 168.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1121
chr17:40,177,152–40,178,398 131.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 329
chr17:40,191,326–40,192,022 117.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 588
chr17:40,218,712–40,219,963 89.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 901
chr17:40,287,308–40,288,608 21.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 870
chr17:40,306,565–40,307,697 1.5 kb Proximal (<10kb) 366
chr17:40,309,024–40,309,244 at TSS At TSS 464
chr17:40,309,362–40,309,663 183 bp At TSS 334
chr17:40,316,576–40,317,119 7.6 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 557
chr17:40,317,462–40,317,667 8.3 kb Proximal (<10kb) 212
chr17:40,317,794–40,318,727 9.0 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 799
chr17:40,341,205–40,342,644 32.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 835
chr17:40,344,939–40,346,042 36.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 730
chr17:40,354,919–40,355,309 9.7 kb Proximal (<10kb) 516
chr17:40,362,469–40,363,831 53.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 846
chr17:40,417,289–40,418,494 108.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 793
chr17:40,422,953–40,423,555 114.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 242
chr17:40,442,866–40,444,146 134.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 774
chr17:40,499,140–40,499,767 190.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 358

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the RARA locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr17:40,044,311 – 40,509,767
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq