T-box | |||||||||||
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Symbol | T-box | ||||||||||
Pfam | PF00907 | ||||||||||
InterPro | IPR001699 | ||||||||||
PROSITE | PS50252 | ||||||||||
SCOP2 | 1xbr / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||||
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T-box refers to a group of transcription factors involved in embryonic limb and heart development.[1] Every T-box protein has a relatively large DNA-binding domain, generally comprising about a third of the entire protein that is both necessary and sufficient for sequence-specific DNA binding. All members of the T-box gene family bind to the "T-box", a DNA consensus sequence of TCACACCT.[2]