The NFKB2 gene (NFKB2-stands for Nuclear Factor Kappa B Subunit 2) is a protein-coding gene located on chromosome 10q24.32. There is a pseudogene for this gene on chromosome 18. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.
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Diseases associated with NFKB2 include immunodeficiency, common variable, 10(immunodeficiency 10 and NLKB2 defect; CVID10).
Chromosomal rearrangements and translocations of this locus have been observed in B-cell lymphomas.
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NF-kappa-B complexes are maintained in an inactive state in the cytoplasm and are complexed with members of the NF-kappa-B inhibitor family (I-kappa-B). In a conventional activation pathway, I-kappa-B is phosphorylated by I-kappa-B kinases (IKKs) in response to various activators and subsequently degraded, releasing the active NF-kappa-B complex that migrates to the nucleus.
In a non-canonical activation pathway, the CHUK/IKKA homodimer activated by MAP3K14 phosphorylates NFKB2/p100 associated with RelB, triggering its proteolytic processing to NFKB2/p52 and the formation of NF-kappa-B-RelB-p52 complexes
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