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Facts about Homeobox protein SIX6.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SIX6 |
| Uniprot: | O95475 |
| Entrez: | 4990 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| SIX/Sine oculis homeobox family |

homeobox protein SIX6; Homeodomain protein OPTX2; MCOPCT2; Optic homeobox 2; OPTX2; sine oculis homeobox (Drosophila) homolog 6; sine oculis homeobox homolog 6 (Drosophila); Sine oculis homeobox homolog 6; SIX homeobox 6; Six9
Mass (kDA):
27.687 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 14q23.1 |
| Sequence: | 14; NC_000014.9 (60509146..60512850) |
Expressed in the developing and adult retina. Also expressed in the hypothalamic and the pituitary regions.
Nucleus.





PMID: 10381575 by Lopez-Rios J., et al. Six9 (Optx2), a new member of the Six gene family of transcription factors, is expressed at early stages of vertebrate ocular and pituitary development.
PMID: 10512683 by Gallardo M.E., et al. Genomic cloning and characterization of the human homeobox gene SIX6 reveals a cluster of SIX genes in chromosome 14 and associates SIX6 hemizygosity with bilateral anophthalmia and pituitary anomalies.