Protein Name NK6 homeobox 1
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 4825
Gene Symbol

NKX6-1

UniProt P78426 (NKX61_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 21
Total Number of Articles : 31
Description

NK6 homeobox 1

Gene Summary

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 Iype et al. (2004) [PubMed 15056733].[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]

synonyms
  • homeobox protein Nkx-6.1
  • NK homeo box, family 6, member A
  • NK homeobox, family 6, A
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Properties