Although homodimers of p50 and p52 are, in general, repressors of κB site transcription, both p50 and p52 participate in target gene transactivation by forming heterodimers with RelA, RelB, or c-Rel.
Семейство NF-kB состоит из 5 белков: NF-kB1 (или p50), NF-kB2 (или p52), RelA (или p65), RelB и c-Rel, образующих 15 комбинаций димеров.