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Gene information for ID4 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID3400
Official gene symbolID4
Full nameinhibitor of DNA binding 4, dominant negative helix-loop-helix protein
Aliases,IDB4,bHLHb27,
Gene summaryTranscription factors containing a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) motif regulate expression of tissue-specific genes in a number of mammalian and insect systems. DNA-binding activity of the bHLH proteins is dependent on formation of homo- and/or heterodimers. Dominant-negative HLH proteins encoded by Id-related genes, such as ID4, also contain the HLH-dimerization domain but lack the DNA-binding basic domain. Consequently, Id proteins inhibit binding to DNA and transcriptional transactivation by heterodimerization with bHLH proteins (Pagliuca et al., 1995 [PubMed 7665172]).[supplied by OMIM]
LocationChromosome: 6   Locus: 6p22-p21
Gene position19837617 - 19840915  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size3299 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID600581