Protein: PHX2B_HUMAN
Paired mesoderm homeobox protein 2B
SUBUNIT: Interacts with TRIM11 (By similarity).
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus (By similarity).
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in neuroblastoma, brain and adrenal gland.
DISEASE: Defects in PHOX2B are a cause of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) [MIM:209880]; also known as congenital failure of autonomic control or Ondine curse. Most mutations consist of 5-10 alanine expansions in the poly-Ala region from amino acids 241-260. CCHS is a rare disorder characterized by abnormal control of respiration in the absence of neuromuscular or lung disease, or an identifiable brain stem lesion. A deficiency in autonomic control of respiration results in inadequate or negligible ventilatory and arousal responses to hypercapnia and hypoxemia. CCHS is frequently complicated with neurocristopathies such as Hirschsprung disease that occurs in about 16% of CCHS cases.
DISEASE: Defects in PHOX2B are the cause of susceptibility to neuroblastoma type 2 (NBLST2) [MIM:613013]. A common neoplasm of early childhood arising from embryonic cells that form the primitive neural crest and give rise to the adrenal medulla and the sympathetic nervous system.
SIMILARITY: Belongs to the paired homeobox family.
SIMILARITY: Contains 1 homeobox DNA-binding domain. WEB RESOURCE: Name=GeneReviews; URL="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/GeneTests/lab/gene/PHOX2B";
GENE SYNONYMS: PMX2B.
COPYRIGHT: Protein annotation is derived from the UniProt Consortium (http://www.uniprot.org/). Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License.
Organism:
- Homo sapiens
Gene Symbol:
- PHOX2B
Synonyms:
- NBPhox
- PHOX2B homeodomain protein
- Neuroblastoma Phox
- Paired-like homeobox 2B
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FUNCTION: Involved in the development of several major noradrenergic neuron populations, including the locus coeruleus. Transcription factor which could determine a neurotransmitter phenotype in vertebrates. Enhances second-messenger-mediated activation of the dopamine beta-hydrolase and c-fos promoters, and of several enhancers including cAMP-response element and serum- response element. more...