GSC
Function
Regulates chordin (CHRD). May play a role in spatial programing within discrete embryonic fields or lineage compartments during organogenesis. In concert with NKX3-2, plays a role in defining the structural components of the middle ear; required for the development of the entire tympanic ring (By similarity). Probably involved in the regulatory networks that define neural crest cell fate specification and determine mesoderm cell lineages in mammals.
Involvement in disease
Short stature, auditory canal atresia, mandibular hypoplasia, skeletal abnormalities
SAMS
An autosomal recessive developmental disorder with features of a first and second branchial arch syndrome, and with unique rhizomelic skeletal anomalies. Craniofacial abnormalities can lead to conductive hearing loss, respiratory insufficiency, and feeding difficulties. Skeletal features include bilateral humeral hypoplasia, humeroscapular synostosis, pelvic abnormalities, and proximal defects of the femora. Affected individuals may also have some features of a neurocristopathy or abnormal mesoderm development, such as urogenital anomalies, that are distinct from other branchial arch syndromes.
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The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the paired homeobox family. Bicoid subfamily.
Cellular localization
- Nucleus
Alternative names
Homeobox protein goosecoid, GSC