Recombinant Human Homeobox protein Hox-C6 (HOXC6)

Uniprot Id

P09630

Target Species

Human

Target Name

HOXC6

Target Full Name

Homeobox protein Hox-C6

Target 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.

Target Subcellular Location

Nucleus.

Target Protein Families

Antp homeobox family

Target Synonyms

CP25; HHO.C8; Homeo box 3C; Homeo box C6; Homeo box C8 protein; Homeobox C6; Homeobox protein CP25; Homeobox protein HHO.C8; Homeobox protein Hox-3C; Homeobox protein Hox-C6; HOX3; HOX3C; Hoxc6; HXC6_HUMAN

Target Background

This gene belongs to the homeobox family, members of which encode a highly conserved family of transcription factors that play an important role in morphogenesis in all multicellular organisms. Mammals possess four similar homeobox gene clusters, HOXA, HOXB, HOXC and HOXD, which are located on different chromosomes and consist of 9 to 11 genes arranged in tandem. This gene, HOXC6, is one of several HOXC genes located in a cluster on chromosome 12. Three genes, HOXC5, HOXC4 and HOXC6, share a 5' non-coding exon. Transcripts may include the shared exon spliced to the gene-specific exons, or they may include only the gene-specific exons. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified for HOXC6. Transcript variant two includes the shared exon, and transcript variant one includes only gene-specific exons.