Biology:FOXG1

Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Generic protein structure example

Forkhead box protein G1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FOXG1 gene.

Function

This gene belongs to the forkhead family of transcription factors that is characterized by a distinct forkhead domain. The complete function of this gene has not yet been determined; however, it has been shown to play a role in the development of the brain and telencephalon. Mutations of FOXG1 are the cause of FoxG1 Syndrome.

FOXG1 syndrome

FoxG1 Syndrome is characterized by microcephaly and brain malformations. It affects most aspects of development and can cause seizures. FOXG1 syndrome is classified as an autism spectrum disorder and was previously considered a variant of Rett syndrome.

Interactions

FOXG1 has been shown to interact with JARID1B.

See also

• FOX proteins

Further reading

• "The oncogene qin codes for a transcriptional repressor". Cancer Res. 55 (23): 5540–4. 1995. PMID 7585630. 
• "The genes for human brain factor 1 and 2, members of the fork head gene family, are clustered on chromosome 14q". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1262 (2–3): 105–12. 1995. doi:10.1016/0167-4781(95)00059-p. PMID 7599184. 
• "Cloning and characterization of seven human forkhead proteins: binding site specificity and DNA bending". EMBO J. 13 (20): 5002–12. 1994. doi:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1994.tb06827.x. PMID 7957066. 
• "The retroviral oncogene qin belongs to the transcription factor family that includes the homeotic gene fork head". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90 (10): 4490–4. 1993. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.10.4490. PMID 8099441. Bibcode: 1993PNAS...90.4490L. 
• "The human homologue of the retroviral oncogene qin maps to chromosome 14q13". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 (9): 3616–8. 1994. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.9.3616. PMID 8170957. Bibcode: 1994PNAS...91.3616K. 
• "Dorsal-ventral patterning defects in the eye of BF-1-deficient mice associated with a restricted loss of shh expression". Dev. Biol. 211 (1): 53–63. 1999. doi:10.1006/dbio.1999.9303. PMID 10373304. 
• "Dual role of brain factor-1 in regulating growth and patterning of the cerebral hemispheres". Cereb. Cortex 9 (6): 543–50. 1999. doi:10.1093/cercor/9.6.543. PMID 10498272. 
• "BF-1 Interferes with Transforming Growth Factor β Signaling by Associating with Smad Partners". Mol. Cell. Biol. 20 (17): 6201–11. 2000. doi:10.1128/MCB.20.17.6201-6211.2000. PMID 10938097. 
• "The Winged-Helix Protein Brain Factor 1 Interacts with Groucho and Hes Proteins To Repress Transcription". Mol. Cell. Biol. 21 (6): 1962–72. 2001. doi:10.1128/MCB.21.6.1962-1972.2001. PMID 11238932. 
• "Functional cloning of the proto-oncogene brain factor-1 (BF-1) as a Smad-binding antagonist of transforming growth factor-beta signaling". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (32): 30224–30. 2001. doi:10.1074/jbc.M102759200. PMID 11387330. 
• "Human PLU-1 Has transcriptional repression properties and interacts with the developmental transcription factors BF-1 and PAX9". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (23): 20507–13. 2003. doi:10.1074/jbc.M301994200. PMID 12657635. 
• "Integration of Smad and forkhead pathways in the control of neuroepithelial and glioblastoma cell proliferation". Cell 117 (2): 211–23. 2004. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(04)00298-3. PMID 15084259. 
• "Haploinsufficiency of novel FOXG1B variants in a patient with severe mental retardation, brain malformations and microcephaly". Hum. Genet. 117 (6): 536–44. 2005. doi:10.1007/s00439-005-1310-3. PMID 16133170. 

External links

• International FoxG1 Foundation Information for FOXG1 families
• FOXG1 Research Foundation Info on FOXG1 Syndrome
• The Children's Rare Disorders Fund Info on FOXG1 Syndrome
• FOXG1B+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.