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Function

Sequence-specific transcription factor which is part of a developmental regulatory system that provides cells with specific positional identities on the anterior-posterior axis.

Involvement in disease

Microtia, hearing impairment, and cleft palate

MHICP

A disease characterized by microtia, mixed symmetric severe to profound hearing impairment, and partial cleft palate. Microtia is a congenital deformity of the outer ear that is small and abnormally shaped. In classic microtia, the pinna is essentially absent, except for a vertical sausage-shaped skin remnant. The superior aspect of this sausage-shaped skin remnant consists of underlying unorganized cartilage, and the inferior aspect of this remnant consists of a relatively well-formed lobule. Syndromic forms of microtia occur in conjunction with other abnormalities including cleft palate, a congenital fissure of the soft and/or hard palate due to faulty fusion.

None

The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.

Microtia with or without hearing impairment

MCRT

Microtia is a congenital deformity of the outer ear that is small and abnormally shaped. In classic microtia, the pinna is essentially absent, except for a vertical sausage-shaped skin remnant. The superior aspect of this sausage-shaped skin remnant consists of underlying unorganized cartilage, and the inferior aspect of this remnant consists of a relatively well-formed lobule.

None

The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the Antp homeobox family. Proboscipedia subfamily.

Cellular localization

  • Nucleus

Alternative names

HOX1K, HOXA2, Homeobox protein Hox-A2, Homeobox protein Hox-1K

Target type

Proteins

Primary research area

Developmental Biology

Molecular weight

41002Da

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