RIGI Antibodies

Target Information

Innate immune receptor which acts as a cytoplasmic sensor of viral nucleic acids and plays a major role in sensing viral infection and in the activation of a cascade of antiviral responses including the induction of type I interferons and proinflammatory cytokines. Its ligands include: 5'-triphosphorylated ssRNA and dsRNA and short dsRNA (<1 kb in length). In addition to the 5'-triphosphate moiety, blunt-end base pairing at the 5'-end of the RNA is very essential. Overhangs at the non-triphosphorylated end of the dsRNA RNA have no major impact on its activity. A 3'overhang at the 5'triphosphate end decreases and any 5'overhang at the 5' triphosphate end abolishes its activity. Upon ligand binding it associates with mitochondria antiviral signaling protein (MAVS/IPS1) which activates the IKK-related kinases: TBK1 and IKBKE which phosphorylate interferon regulatory factors: IRF3 and IRF7 which in turn activate transcription of antiviral immunological genes, including interferons (IFNs); IFN-alpha and IFN-beta. Detects both positive and negative strand RNA viruses including members of the families Paramyxoviridae: Human respiratory syncytial virus and measles virus (MeV), Rhabdoviridae: vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), Orthomyxoviridae: influenza A and B virus, Flaviviridae: Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), dengue virus (DENV) and west Nile virus (WNV). It also detects rotavirus and reovirus. Also involved in antiviral signaling in response to viruses containing a dsDNA genome such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Detects dsRNA produced from non-self dsDNA by RNA polymerase III, such as Epstein-Barr virus-encoded RNAs (EBERs). May play important roles in granulocyte production and differentiation, bacterial phagocytosis and in the regulation of cell migration. Belongs to the helicase family. RLR subfamily. Present in vascular smooth cells (at protein level). 2 alternatively spliced human isoforms have been reported. Note: This description may include information from UniProtKB.

Alternate Names

Antiviral innate immune response receptor RIG-I; DDX58; DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 58; DEAD box protein 58; DEAD/H (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp/His) box polypeptide; DExD/H-box helicase 58; DKFZp434J1111; DKFZp686N19181; FLJ13599; Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX58; retinoic acid inducible gene I; Retinoic acid-inducible gene 1 protein; Retinoic acid-inducible gene I protein; RIG-1; RIG-I; RIG-I-like receptor 1; RIG1; RIGI; RLR-1; RNA helicase RIG-I; SGMRT2