FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as PDX1_MESAU, PDX1, IPF1. Activates insulin and somatostatin gene transcription. Key regulator of islet peptide hormone expression but also responsible for the development of the pancreas, most probably by determining maturation and differentiation of common pancreatic precursor cells in the developing gut. As part of a PDX1:PBX1b:MEIS2b complex in pancreatic acinar cells is involved in the transcriptional activation of the ELA1 enhancer; the complex binds to the enhancer B element and cooperates with the transcription factor 1 complex (PTF1) bound to the enhancer A element. Binds the DNA sequence 5'-CC[CT]TAATGGG-3' (By similarity). Interacts with the basic helix-loop-helix domains of TCF3(E47) and NEUROD1 and with HMG-I(Y). Interacts with SPOP and the methyltransferase SETD7. Part of a PDX1:PBX1b:MEIS2b complex (By similarity).

EXTERNAL LINKS

PDX1

Mutations

Mutation(s) distribution

Mutations table