cd16549: RING-HC_RNF166 (this model, PSSM-Id:319463 is obsolete and has been replaced by 438211)
RING finger, HC subclass, found in RING finger protein 166 (RNF166) and similar proteins
RNF166 is encoded by gene RNF166 targeted by thyroid hormone receptor alpha1 (TRalpha1), which is important in brain development. It plays an important role in RNA virus-induced interferon-beta production by enhancing the ubiquitination of TRAF3 and TRAF6. RNF166, together with three closely related proteins: RNF114, RNF125 and RNF138, forms a novel family of ubiquitin ligases with a C3HC4-type RING-HC finger, a C2HC-, and two C2H2-type zinc fingers, as well as a ubiquitin interacting motif (UIM).