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DLX6 distal-less homeobox 6 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 1750, updated on 5-Mar-2024

Summary

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Official Symbol
DLX6provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
distal-less homeobox 6provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:2919
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000006377 MIM:600030; AllianceGenome:HGNC:2919
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Summary
This gene encodes a member of a homeobox transcription factor gene family similiar to the Drosophila distal-less gene. This family is comprised of at least 6 different members that encode proteins with roles in forebrain and craniofacial development. This gene is in a tail-to-tail configuration with another member of the family on the long arm of chromosome 7. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Expression
Biased expression in testis (RPKM 2.2), placenta (RPKM 2.1) and 5 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

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Location:
7q21.3
Exon count:
3
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2023_10 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 7 NC_000007.14 (97005553..97011040)
RS_2023_10 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 7 NC_060931.1 (98235210..98240696)
105.20220307 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 7 NC_000007.13 (96634865..96640352)

Chromosome 7 - NC_000007.14Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene 5K-Del enhancer in SHFM1 region Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC124901703 Neighboring gene RNA, 7SL, cytoplasmic 252, pseudogene Neighboring gene DLX6 antisense RNA 1 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr7:96621779-96622304 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr7:96622305-96622831 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr7:96627585-96628528 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr7:96630843-96631552 Neighboring gene VISTA enhancer hs298 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 18385 Neighboring gene CDK7 strongly-dependent group 2 enhancer GRCh37_chr7:96650255-96651454 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr7:96653649-96654365 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr7:96655292-96655807 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 26299 Neighboring gene distal-less homeobox 5 Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr7:96727665-96727870 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 26300 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 26301 Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr7:96763667-96763818 Neighboring gene succinate dehydrogenase complex assembly factor 3 Neighboring gene high mobility group box 3 pseudogene 21

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Go to nucleotide: Graphics FASTA GenBank

Expression

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  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Research progress of DLX6-AS1 in human cancers. Luo Y, et al. Hum Cell, 2021 Nov. PMID 34508305
  2. DLX6 promotes cell proliferation and survival in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Liang J, et al. Oral Dis, 2022 Jan. PMID 33215805
  3. The up-regulated lncRNA DLX6-AS1 in colorectal cancer promotes cell proliferation, invasion and migration via modulating PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. Zhang JJ, et al. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci, 2019 Oct. PMID 31646562
  4. Long non‑coding RNA DLX6‑AS1 promotes proliferation by acting as a ceRNA targeting miR‑199a in cervical cancer. Wang X, et al. Mol Med Rep, 2019 Feb. PMID 30535431
  5. No association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in DLX6 and Piccolo genes at 7q21-q22 and autism. Nabi R, et al. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 2003 May 15. PMID 12707945

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. Research progress of DLX6-AS1 in human cancers.
    Title: Research progress of DLX6-AS1 in human cancers.
  2. DLX6 promotes cell proliferation and survival in oral squamous cell carcinoma.
    Title: DLX6 promotes cell proliferation and survival in oral squamous cell carcinoma.
  3. Long non-coding RNA DLX6-AS1 mediates proliferation, invasion and apoptosis of endometrial cancer cells by recruiting p300/E2F1 in DLX6 promoter region.
    Title: Long non-coding RNA DLX6-AS1 mediates proliferation, invasion and apoptosis of endometrial cancer cells by recruiting p300/E2F1 in DLX6 promoter region.
  4. DLX6 Antisense RNA 1 Modulates Glucose Metabolism and Cell Growth in Gastric Cancer by Targeting microRNA-4290.
    Title: DLX6 Antisense RNA 1 Modulates Glucose Metabolism and Cell Growth in Gastric Cancer by Targeting microRNA-4290.
  5. The up-regulated lncRNA DLX6-AS1 in colorectal cancer promotes cell proliferation, invasion and migration via modulating PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway.
    Title: The up-regulated lncRNA DLX6-AS1 in colorectal cancer promotes cell proliferation, invasion and migration via modulating PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway.
  6. DLX6AS1 acting as a sponge for miR199a may serve a critical role in the development and progression of cervical cancer.
    Title: Long non‑coding RNA DLX6‑AS1 promotes proliferation by acting as a ceRNA targeting miR‑199a in cervical cancer.
  7. Knockdown of DLX6-AS1 inhibited cell proliferation, migration, invasion and promoted apoptosis by downregulating PRR11 expression and upregulating miR-144 in NSCLC.
    Title: Knockdown of lncRNA DLX6-AS1 inhibits cell proliferation, migration and invasion while promotes apoptosis by downregulating PRR11 expression and upregulating miR-144 in non-small cell lung cancer.
  8. The potential DLX6-AS1/miR-203a/MMP-2 pathway.
    Title: Long non-coding RNA DLX6-AS1 aggravates hepatocellular carcinoma carcinogenesis by modulating miR-203a/MMP-2 pathway.
  9. Absent expression of the osteoblast-specific maternally imprinted genes, DLX5 and DLX6, causes split hand/split foot malformation type I.
    Title: Absent expression of the osteoblast-specific maternally imprinted genes, DLX5 and DLX6, causes split hand/split foot malformation type I.
  10. Genome sequencing of the deletion breakpoints showed that the DLX5 and DLX6 genes are disomic but the putative DYNC1I1 exon 15 and 17 enhancers are deleted.
    Title: Next generation sequencing of chromosomal rearrangements in patients with split-hand/split-foot malformation provides evidence for DYNC1I1 exonic enhancers of DLX5/6 expression in humans.
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Phenotypes

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Copy number response

Description
Copy number response
Haploinsufficency

No evidence available (Last evaluated 2012-05-14)

ClinGen Genome Curation Page
Triplosensitivity

No evidence available (Last evaluated 2012-05-14)

ClinGen Genome Curation Page

Variation

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Genotypes

Pathways from PubChem

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Interactions

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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

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Markers

Homology

Clone Names

  • MGC125282, MGC125283, MGC125284, MGC125285

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
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enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific ISA
Inferred from Sequence Alignment
more info
  
enables RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
enables sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in cell differentiation IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
involved_in embryo development IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
involved_in embryonic limb morphogenesis IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in epithelial cell differentiation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in head development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in inner ear morphogenesis IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in nervous system development TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
involved_in roof of mouth development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in skeletal system development TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
part_of chromatin ISA
Inferred from Sequence Alignment
more info
  
located_in nucleus IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  

General protein information

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Preferred Names
homeobox protein DLX-6
Names
distal-less homeo box 6

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_005222.4 → NP_005213.3  homeobox protein DLX-6

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_005213.3

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AC004774, AK094086, BU616500
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS47647.2
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    P56179
    Related
    ENSP00000428480.2, ENST00000518156.3
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    COG5576
    Location:119 → 231
    COG5576; Homeodomain-containing transcription factor [Transcription]
    pfam00046
    Location:170 → 223
    Homeobox; Homeobox domain

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2023_10

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000007.14 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    97005553..97011040
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Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060931.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    98235210..98240696
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Nucleotide Protein
Heading Accession and Version
Protein Accession Links
GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
P56179.2 GenPept UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:P56179

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