Faslg Fas ligand [Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Faslgprovided by RGD
Official Full Name: Fas ligandprovided by RGD
Primary source: RGD:3880
See related: Ensembl:ENSRNOG00000002978 AllianceGenome:RGD:3880
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: PROVISIONAL
Organism: Rattus norvegicus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus
Also known as: Fasl; CD95-L; Tnfsf6; Tnlg1a; Apt1Lg1
Summary: Enables death receptor binding activity and tumor necrosis factor receptor binding activity. Involved in several processes, including cellular response to type II interferon; endosomal lumen acidification; and intracellular chloride ion homeostasis. Located in caveola and perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Used to study brain glioma; substance-related disorder; and type 1 diabetes mellitus. Biomarker of several diseases, including artery disease (multiple); gastric ulcer; graft-versus-host disease; liver disease (multiple); and ulcerative colitis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including cholangiocarcinoma; chronic myeloid leukemia; diabetes mellitus (multiple); pancreatic cancer (multiple); and pre-eclampsia (multiple). Orthologous to human FASLG (Fas ligand). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Expression: Biased expression in Spleen (RPKM 36.9), Lung (RPKM 26.7) and 8 other tissues See more
Orthologs: human mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 13q22

Exon count:: 6

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCr8 (GCF_036323735.1)	13	NC_086031.1 (76680885..76706042, complement)
RS_2023_06	previous assembly	mRatBN7.2 (GCF_015227675.2)	13	NC_051348.1 (74151519..74172760, complement)
106	previous assembly	Rnor_6.0 (GCF_000001895.5)	13	NC_005112.4 (79696811..79717581, complement)

Chromosome 13 - NC_086031.1 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: A rat RNA-Seq transcriptomic BodyMap across 11 organs and 4 developmental stages
Description: 320 RNA samples isolated from 11 organs (adrenal gland, brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, muscle, spleen, thymus, and testes or uterus) from both sexes of Fischer 344 rats across four developmental stages (2-, 6-, 21-, and 104-weeks-old)
BioProject: PRJNA238328
Publication: PMID 24510058
Analysis date: Mon Jun 6 17:44:12 2016

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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Let-7a promotes periodontal bone regeneration of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell aggregates via the Fas/FasL-autophagy pathway.
Title: Let-7a promotes periodontal bone regeneration of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell aggregates via the Fas/FasL-autophagy pathway.
Upregulation of miR128 inhibits neuronal cell apoptosis following spinal cord injury via FasL downregulation by repressing ULK1.
Title: Upregulation of miR‑128 inhibits neuronal cell apoptosis following spinal cord injury via FasL downregulation by repressing ULK1.
MiR-448-5p/VEGFA Axis Protects Cardiomyocytes from Hypoxia Through Regulating the FAS/FAS-L Signaling Pathway.
Title: MiR-448-5p/VEGFA Axis Protects Cardiomyocytes from Hypoxia Through Regulating the FAS/FAS-L Signaling Pathway.
Prostaglandin E1 protects cardiomyocytes against hypoxia-reperfusion induced injury via the miR-21-5p/FASLG axis.
Title: Prostaglandin E1 protects cardiomyocytes against hypoxia-reperfusion induced injury via the miR-21-5p/FASLG axis.
FASLG was a target of miR-21 and revealed that FASLG knockdown inhibited function of endothelial progenitor cells.
Title: miR-21 induces endothelial progenitor cells proliferation and angiogenesis via targeting FASLG and is a potential prognostic marker in deep venous thrombosis.
Taken together, these results demonstrate that the Fas/FasL-mediated mitochondrial apoptotic pathway plays an important role in cadmium-induced neuronal apoptosis.
Title: Cadmium-induced apoptosis in neuronal cells is mediated by Fas/FasL-mediated mitochondrial apoptotic signaling pathway.
MiR-411 mimic inhibited oxygen-glucose deprivation - induced PC12cell apoptosis, possibly via directly targeting FasL.
Title: miR-411 suppresses acute spinal cord injury via downregulation of Fas ligand in rats.
The expression of apoptosis-related genes Fas and FasL in rats with an experimentally induced left-side varicocele was significantly increased compared to that in the control group.
Title: Roles of Fas/FasL-mediated apoptosis and inhibin B in the testicular dysfunction of rats with left-side varicocele.
Hepatitis B virus X protein modulates apoptosis in tubule renal cells and activates Fas/FasL through the MLK3-MKK7-JNK3 signaling pathway.
Title: Hepatitis B Virus X Protein Modulates Apoptosis in NRK-52E Cells and Activates Fas/FasL Through the MLK3-MKK7-JNK3 Signaling Pathway.
PEDF inhibits angiogenesis in the heart by inducing tip cells apoptosis via up-regulating PPARG to increase surface FasL.
Title: PEDF and 34-mer inhibit angiogenesis in the heart by inducing tip cells apoptosis via up-regulating PPAR-γ to increase surface FasL.

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General gene information

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Gene Ontology Provided by RGD

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables cytokine activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables cytokine activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables cytokine activity	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables death receptor binding	IC Inferred by Curator more info	PubMed
enables death receptor binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed
enables tumor necrosis factor receptor binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables tumor necrosis factor receptor binding	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in T cell apoptotic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in T cell apoptotic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in apoptotic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within apoptotic signaling pathway	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in apoptotic signaling pathway	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within apoptotic signaling pathway	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in apoptotic signaling pathway	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in cellular response to type II interferon	IEP Inferred from Expression Pattern more info	PubMed
involved_in endosomal lumen acidification	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway via death domain receptors	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway via death domain receptors	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway via death domain receptors	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway via death domain receptors	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway via death domain receptors	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway via death domain receptors	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in immune response	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in inflammatory cell apoptotic process	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in intracellular chloride ion homeostasis	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in necroptotic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in necroptotic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in necroptotic signaling pathway	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in necroptotic signaling pathway	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in negative regulation of angiogenesis	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in negative regulation of angiogenesis	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of apoptotic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of apoptotic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of apoptotic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of canonical NF-kappaB signal transduction	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in positive regulation of canonical NF-kappaB signal transduction	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of canonical NF-kappaB signal transduction	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of cell population proliferation	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of cell population proliferation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of endothelial cell apoptotic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of endothelial cell apoptotic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in positive regulation of neuron apoptotic process	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of phosphatidylserine exposure on apoptotic cell surface	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of phosphatidylserine exposure on apoptotic cell surface	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within release of sequestered calcium ion into cytosol by endoplasmic reticulum	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within release of sequestered calcium ion into cytosol by endoplasmic reticulum	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in response to growth factor	IEP Inferred from Expression Pattern more info	PubMed
involved_in response to lipopolysaccharide	IEP Inferred from Expression Pattern more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within retinal cell programmed cell death	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within retinal cell programmed cell death	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in caveola	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in cell surface	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in cell surface	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in cytoplasm	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in cytoplasmic vesicle	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in cytoplasmic vesicle lumen	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in external side of plasma membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in external side of plasma membrane	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in extracellular exosome	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in extracellular exosome	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in extracellular region	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in extracellular space	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in extracellular space	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in extracellular space	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in extracellular space	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in lysosomal lumen	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in lysosome	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in nucleus	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in nucleus	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in nucleus	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
located_in perinuclear region of cytoplasm	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in plasma membrane	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in plasma membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in plasma membrane	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 6

Names: Apoptosis (APO-1) antigen ligand 1 (Fas antigen ligand); CD95 ligand; CD95L protein; Fas antigen ligand; Fas ligand (TNF superfamily, member 6); Tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, member 6 (apoptosis (APO-1) antigen ligand 1) (Fas antigen ligand); tumor necrosis factor ligand 1a

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

mRNA and Protein(s)

NM_012908.1 → NP_037040.1 tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 6

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Status: PROVISIONAL

Source sequence(s)

U03470

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

P36940

UniProtKB/TrEMBL

A0A0U5J7X8

Related

ENSRNOP00000003998.2, ENSRNOT00000003998.4

Conserved Domains (1) summary

pfam00229
Location:157 → 278

TNF; TNF(Tumour Necrosis Factor) family

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_036323735.1-RS_2024_02

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCr8

Genomic

NC_086031.1 Reference GRCr8

Range

76680885..76706042 complement

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mRNA and Protein(s)

XM_017598675.3 → XP_017454164.1 tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 6 isoform X1

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

P36940

UniProtKB/TrEMBL

A0A0U5J7X8

Conserved Domains (1) summary

pfam00229
Location:157 → 278

TNF; TNF(Tumour Necrosis Factor) family