Mus musculus Gene: Emx2
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-181327.7
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Emx2
Gene Name empty spiracles homeobox 2
Synonyms Pdo
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000043969
Encoded Proteins
empty spiracles homolog 2 (Drosophila)
empty spiracles homeobox 2
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary This gene does not have any Entrez summary - the following is the summary from its human ortholog ENSG00000170370:
This gene encodes a homeobox-containing transcription factor that is the homolog to the 'empty spiracles' gene in Drosophila. Research on this gene in humans has focused on its expression in three tissues: dorsal telencephalon, olfactory neuroepithelium, and urogenetial system. It is expressed in the dorsal telencephalon during development in a low rostral-lateral to high caudal-medial gradient and is proposed to pattern the neocortex into defined functional areas. It is also expressed in embryonic and adult olfactory neuroepithelia where it complexes with eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) and possibly regulates mRNA transport or translation. In the developing urogenital system, it is expressed in epithelial tissues and is negatively regulated by HOXA10. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct proteins.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]
This gene encodes a homeobox-containing transcription factor that is the homolog to the \'empty spiracles\' gene in Drosophila. Research on this gene in humans has focused on its expression in three tissues: dorsal telencephalon, olfactory neuroepithelium, and urogenetial system. It is expressed in the dorsal telencephalon during development in a low rostral-lateral to high caudal-medial gradient and is proposed to pattern the neocortex into defined functional areas. It is also expressed in embryonic and adult olfactory neuroepithelia where it complexes with eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) and possibly regulates mRNA transport or translation. In the developing urogenital system, it is expressed in epithelial tissues and is negatively regulated by HOXA10. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct proteins.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 19:59458372-59465357
Strand Forward strand
Band D3
Transcripts
ENSMUST00000062216 ENSMUSP00000053361
ENSMUST00000174353 ENSMUSP00000140271
ENSMUST00000174573
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 4 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 5 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Experimentally validated
Total 4 [view]
Protein-Protein 4 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Predicted by orthology
Total 5 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0000976 transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0003677 DNA binding
GO:0003700 sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0043565 sequence-specific DNA binding
Biological Process
GO:0006355 regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0007420 brain development
GO:0009952 anterior/posterior pattern specification
GO:0010468 regulation of gene expression
GO:0021542 dentate gyrus development
GO:0021796 cerebral cortex regionalization
GO:0021846 cell proliferation in forebrain
GO:0021885 forebrain cell migration
GO:0021987 cerebral cortex development
GO:0030182 neuron differentiation
GO:0030900 forebrain development
GO:0042493 response to drug
GO:0072001 renal system development
Cellular Component
GO:0005634 nucleus
Orthologs
Species
Homo sapiens
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Not yet available
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Mm.471028
RefSeq NM_010132 XM_006526657
OMIM
CCDS CCDS29937
HPRD
IMGT
MGI ID
MGI Symbol
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas