Human Gene TCF21 (ENST00000367882.5) from GENCODE V44
  Description: Homo sapiens transcription factor 21 (TCF21), transcript variant 2, mRNA. (from RefSeq NM_003206)
RefSeq Summary (NM_003206): TCF21 encodes a transcription factor of the basic helix-loop-helix family. The TCF21 product is mesoderm specific, and expressed in embryonic epicardium, mesenchyme-derived tissues of lung, gut, gonad, and both mesenchymal and glomerular epithelial cells in the kidney. Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
Gencode Transcript: ENST00000367882.5
Gencode Gene: ENSG00000118526.7
Transcript (Including UTRs)
   Position: hg38 chr6:133,889,113-133,892,257 Size: 3,145 Total Exon Count: 2 Strand: +
Coding Region
   Position: hg38 chr6:133,889,398-133,891,802 Size: 2,405 Coding Exon Count: 2 

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Data last updated at UCSC: 2023-08-18 00:09:47

-  Sequence and Links to Tools and Databases
 
Genomic Sequence (chr6:133,889,113-133,892,257)mRNA (may differ from genome)Protein (179 aa)
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-  Comments and Description Text from UniProtKB
  ID: TCF21_HUMAN
DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Transcription factor 21; Short=TCF-21; AltName: Full=Capsulin; AltName: Full=Class A basic helix-loop-helix protein 23; Short=bHLHa23; AltName: Full=Epicardin; AltName: Full=Podocyte-expressed 1; Short=Pod-1;
FUNCTION: Involved in epithelial-mesenchymal interactions in kidney and lung morphogenesis that include epithelial differentiation and branching morphogenesis. May play a role in the specification or differentiation of one or more subsets of epicardial cell types.
SUBUNIT: Efficient DNA binding requires dimerization with another bHLH protein. Forms a heterodimer with TCF3 and binds the E box (5'-CANNTG-3').
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus.
SIMILARITY: Contains 1 bHLH (basic helix-loop-helix) domain.

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-  MalaCards Disease Associations
  MalaCards Gene Search: TCF21
Diseases sorted by gene-association score: cardiomyopathy, dilated, 1j (12), deafness, autosomal dominant 10 (6)

-  Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD)
  The following chemicals interact with this gene           more ... click here to view the complete list

-  RNA-Seq Expression Data from GTEx (53 Tissues, 570 Donors)
  Highest median expression: 38.89 RPKM in Lung
Total median expression: 229.98 RPKM



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-  mRNA Secondary Structure of 3' and 5' UTRs
 
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5' UTR -93.40285-0.328 Picture PostScript Text
3' UTR -108.50455-0.238 Picture PostScript Text

The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.

-  Protein Domain and Structure Information
  InterPro Domains: Graphical view of domain structure
IPR011598 - HLH_dom

Pfam Domains:
PF00010 - Helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain

ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on O43680
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-  Orthologous Genes in Other Species
  Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.
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-  Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations with Structured Vocabulary
  Molecular Function:
GO:0000981 RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0001077 transcriptional activator activity, RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific binding
GO:0001078 transcriptional repressor activity, RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific binding
GO:0003677 DNA binding
GO:0042826 histone deacetylase binding
GO:0043425 bHLH transcription factor binding
GO:0046983 protein dimerization activity
GO:0050681 androgen receptor binding
GO:0070888 E-box binding

Biological Process:
GO:0000122 negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0001657 ureteric bud development
GO:0001658 branching involved in ureteric bud morphogenesis
GO:0001763 morphogenesis of a branching structure
GO:0001822 kidney development
GO:0001944 vasculature development
GO:0006351 transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0006355 regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0006366 transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0007530 sex determination
GO:0007548 sex differentiation
GO:0009887 animal organ morphogenesis
GO:0014707 branchiomeric skeletal muscle development
GO:0030855 epithelial cell differentiation
GO:0032835 glomerulus development
GO:0045944 positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0048286 lung alveolus development
GO:0048536 spleen development
GO:0048557 embryonic digestive tract morphogenesis
GO:0048608 reproductive structure development
GO:0048732 gland development
GO:0060008 Sertoli cell differentiation
GO:0060021 palate development
GO:0060425 lung morphogenesis
GO:0060426 lung vasculature development
GO:0060435 bronchiole development
GO:0060539 diaphragm development
GO:0060541 respiratory system development
GO:0060766 negative regulation of androgen receptor signaling pathway
GO:0072162 metanephric mesenchymal cell differentiation
GO:0072277 metanephric glomerular capillary formation

Cellular Component:
GO:0005634 nucleus


-  Descriptions from all associated GenBank mRNAs
  AF035718 - Homo sapiens mesoderm-specific basic-helix-loop-helix protein (POD1) mRNA, complete cds.
AF047419 - Homo sapiens epicardin mRNA, complete cds.
BC025697 - Homo sapiens transcription factor 21, mRNA (cDNA clone MGC:34534 IMAGE:5221575), complete cds.
JD102832 - Sequence 83856 from Patent EP1572962.
JD149536 - Sequence 130560 from Patent EP1572962.
AB464735 - Synthetic construct DNA, clone: pF1KB8881, Homo sapiens TCF21 gene for transcription factor 21, without stop codon, in Flexi system.
EU176222 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone IMAGE:100006353; FLH167527.01X; RZPDo839F06250D transcription factor 21 (TCF21) gene, encodes complete protein.
EU176523 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone IMAGE:100011355; FLH167523.01L; RZPDo839D07253D transcription factor 21 (TCF21) gene, encodes complete protein.
CR450293 - Homo sapiens full open reading frame cDNA clone RZPDo834B111D for gene TCF21, transcription factor 21; complete cds; without stopcodon.
BT019660 - Homo sapiens transcription factor 21 mRNA, complete cds.
JD403242 - Sequence 384266 from Patent EP1572962.
JD191309 - Sequence 172333 from Patent EP1572962.
JD477875 - Sequence 458899 from Patent EP1572962.
JD504341 - Sequence 485365 from Patent EP1572962.
JD450217 - Sequence 431241 from Patent EP1572962.
JD559516 - Sequence 540540 from Patent EP1572962.
JD295304 - Sequence 276328 from Patent EP1572962.
JD504508 - Sequence 485532 from Patent EP1572962.
JD538659 - Sequence 519683 from Patent EP1572962.

-  Other Names for This Gene
  Alternate Gene Symbols: BHLHA23, E1P581, ENST00000367882.1, ENST00000367882.2, ENST00000367882.3, ENST00000367882.4, NM_003206, O43545, O43680, POD1, Q6ICV0, Q9BZ14, TCF21_HUMAN, uc003qei.1, uc003qei.2, uc003qei.3, uc003qei.4, uc003qei.5, uc003qei.6
UCSC ID: ENST00000367882.5
RefSeq Accession: NM_003206
Protein: O43680 (aka TCF21_HUMAN or TF21_HUMAN)
CCDS: CCDS5167.1

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