FOXD3

FOXD3
Identifiers
Aliases FOXD3, AIS1, Genesis, HFH2, VAMAS2, forkhead box D3
External IDs MGI: 1347473 HomoloGene: 49239 GeneCards: FOXD3
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

27022

15221

Ensembl

ENSG00000187140

ENSMUSG00000067261

UniProt

Q9UJU5

Q61060

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_012183

NM_010425

RefSeq (protein)

NP_036315.1

NP_034555.3

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 63.32 – 63.33 Mb Chr 4: 99.66 – 99.66 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Forkhead box D3 also known as FOXD3 is a forkhead protein that in humans is encoded by the FOXD3 gene.[3]

Function

This gene belongs to the forkhead protein family of transcription factors which is characterized by a DNA-binding forkhead domain. FoxD3 functions as a transcriptional repressor and contains the C-terminal engrailed homology-1 motif (eh1), which provides an interactive surface with a transcriptional co-repressor Grg4 (Groucho-related gene-4).[4]

Clinical significance

Mutations in this gene cause vitiligo.[5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Hromas R, Moore J, Johnston T, Socha C, Klemsz M (June 1993). "Drosophila forkhead homologues are expressed in a lineage-restricted manner in human hematopoietic cells". Blood. 81 (11): 2854–9. PMID 8499623.
  4. Yaklichkin S, Steiner AB, Lu Q, Kessler DS (2007). "FoxD3 and Grg4 physically interact to repress transcription and induce mesoderm in Xenopus.". J Biol Chem. 282 (4): 2548–5. doi:10.1074/jbc.M607412200. PMC 1780074Freely accessible. PMID 17138566.
  5. Alkhateeb A, Fain PR, Spritz RA (August 2005). "Candidate functional promoter variant in the FOXD3 melanoblast developmental regulator gene in autosomal dominant vitiligo". J. Invest. Dermatol. 125 (2): 388–91. doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23822.x. PMID 16098053.

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