Biology:FOXS1

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

Generic protein structure example

Forkhead box S1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FOXS1 gene.

Function

The forkhead family of transcription factors belongs to the winged helix class of DNA-binding proteins. The protein encoded by this intronless gene contains a forkhead domain and is found predominantly in aorta and kidney. The function of the encoded protein is unknown. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

Further reading

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