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ARID/BRIGHT DNA binding domain of AT-rich interactive domain-containing protein 3B (ARID3B) and similar proteins ARID3B, also called Bright and dead ringer protein, or Bright-Dri-like protein (Bdp), is a DNA binding protein involved in cellular immortalization, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), and tumorigenesis. Its expression is differentially regulated in normal and malignant tissues. It is required for heart development by regulating the motility and differentiation of heart progenitors. ARID3B is overexpressed in neuroblastoma and ovarian cancer. It acts as a novel target with roles in cell motility in breast cancer cells, promotes migration of mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) and breast cancer cells, and induces tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha)-mediated apoptosis. ARID3B contains an AT-rich DNA-interacting domain (ARID, also known as BRIGHT), a SUMO-I conjugation (SUMO) motif and a multifunctional homomerization/nuclear export REKLES domain, which consists of two subdomains: a modestly conserved N-terminal REKLES alpha and a highly conserved (among ARID3 orthologous proteins) C-terminal REKLES beta.
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