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Facts about Pancreas transcription factor 1 subunit alpha.
Plays a role in late and early pancreas development and differentiation. Important for determining whether cells allocated to the pancreatic buds continue to pancreatic organogenesis or revert back to duodenal fates.
| Mouse | |
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| Gene Name: | Ptf1a |
| Uniprot: | Q9QX98 |
| Entrez: | 19213 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

bHLH transcription factor p48; BHLHA29; bHLHa29exocrine pancreas-specific transcription factor p48; Class A basic helix-loop-helix protein 29; p48 DNA-binding subunit of transcription factor PTF1; pancreas specific transcription factor, 1a; pancreas transcription factor 1 subunit alpha; Pancreas-specific transcription factor 1a; PTF1A; PTF1P48; PTF1-p48; PTF1-p48class II bHLH protein PTF1A
Mass (kDA):
35.185 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2|2 A3 |
| Sequence: | 2; |
Expressed in precursors of pancreatic islets, acini and ducts.




PMID: 11318877 by Obata J., et al. p48 subunit of mouse PTF1 binds to RBP-Jkappa/CBF-1, the intracellular mediator of Notch signalling, and is expressed in the neural tube of early stage embryos.
PMID: 11562365 by Rose S.D., et al. The role of PTF1-P48 in pancreatic acinar gene expression.