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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. Binds preferentially to methylated DNA (PubMed:28473536).

Involvement in disease

Prostate cancer, hereditary, 9

HPC9

A condition associated with familial predisposition to cancer of the prostate. Most prostate cancers are adenocarcinomas that develop in the acini of the prostatic ducts. Other rare histopathologic types of prostate cancer that occur in approximately 5% of patients include small cell carcinoma, mucinous carcinoma, prostatic ductal carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma (basaloid), signet-ring cell carcinoma and neuroendocrine carcinoma.

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Disease susceptibility is associated with variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the Abd-B homeobox family.

Cellular localization

  • Nucleus

Alternative names

Homeobox protein Hox-B13, HOXB13

Target type

Proteins

Primary research area

Epigenetics

Molecular weight

30676Da