NKX6-1

NKX6-1
Identifiers
Aliases NKX6-1, NKX6.1, NKX6A, NKX6-1, NK6 homeobox 1
External IDs MGI: 1206039 HomoloGene: 4495 GeneCards: NKX6-1
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

4825

18096

Ensembl

ENSG00000163623

ENSMUSG00000035187

UniProt

P78426

Q99MA9

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_006168

NM_144955

RefSeq (protein)

NP_006159.2

NP_659204.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 4: 84.49 – 84.5 Mb Chr 5: 101.66 – 101.66 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Homeobox protein Nkx-6.1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NKX6-1 gene.[3][4]

Function

In the pancreas, NKX6.1 is required for the development of beta cells and is a potent bifunctional transcription regulator that binds to AT-rich sequences within the promoter region of target genes.[4]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Inoue H, Rudnick A, German MS, Veile R, Donis-Keller H, Permutt MA (March 1997). "Isolation, characterization, and chromosomal mapping of the human Nkx6.1 gene (NKX6A), a new pancreatic islet homeobox gene". Genomics. 40 (2): 367–70. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4568. PMID 9119408.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: NK6 homeobox 1".

Further reading

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