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Facts about Transcription factor EC.
Collaborates with MITF in target gene activation. Acts as a transcriptional repressor on minimal promoter containing element F (which contains an E-box sequence) (By similarity).
| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Tfec |
| Uniprot: | Q9WTW4 |
| Entrez: | 21426 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| MiT/TFE family |

Class E basic helix-loop-helix protein 34; hTFEC-L; TCFECTFECLbHLHe34BHLHE34; TFE-C; transcription factor EC; Transcription factor EC-like
Mass (kDA):
35.144 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6|6 A2 |
| Sequence: | 6; |
Expressed in osteoclast-like cells (at protein level). Expressed in cells of the mononuclear phagocyte lineage. Expressed in macrophages and in osteoclast-like cells.



PMID: 10036191 by Rehli M., et al. Cloning and characterization of the murine genes for bHLH-ZIP transcription factors TFEC and TFEB reveal a common gene organization for all MiT subfamily members.
PMID: 7958932 by Hemesath T.J., et al. microphthalmia, a critical factor in melanocyte development, defines a discrete transcription factor family.