TCF12

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Transcription factor 12
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsTCF12; HEB; HTF4; HsT17266; bHLHb20
External IDsOMIM: 600480 MGI: 101877 HomoloGene: 40774 GeneCards: TCF12 Gene
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez693821406
EnsemblENSG00000140262ENSMUSG00000032228
UniProtQ99081Q61286
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_003205NM_001253862
RefSeq (protein)NP_003196NP_001240791
Location (UCSC)Chr 15:
57.21 – 57.59 Mb
Chr 9:
71.84 – 72.11 Mb
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Transcription factor 12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TCF12 gene.[1][2]

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) E-protein family that recognizes the consensus binding site (E-box) CANNTG. This encoded protein is expressed in many tissues, among them skeletal muscle, thymus, B- and T-cells, and may participate in regulating lineage-specific gene expression through the formation of heterodimers with other bHLH E-proteins. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but the full-length nature of some of these variants has not been determined.[2]

Mutations in this gene have been associated to cases of coronal craniosynostosis (doi: 10.1038/ng.2531)

References

  1. Zhang Y, Babin J, Feldhaus AL, Singh H, Sharp PA, Bina M (Oct 1991). "HTF4: a new human helix-loop-helix protein". Nucleic Acids Res 19 (16): 4555. doi:10.1093/nar/19.16.4555. PMC 328652. PMID 1886779. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: TCF12 transcription factor 12 (HTF4, helix-loop-helix transcription factors 4)". 

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