LIM/homeodomain protein LHX5; LIM homeobox protein 5 (LHX5)

Function

• role in regulation of neuronal differentiation & migration during development of the central nervous system

Structure

• contains 1 homeobox DNA-binding domain
• contains 2 LIM Zn+2-binding domains

Compartment

nucleus (probable)

Expression

• expressed in fetal brain & in various regions of the adult central nervous system including spinal cord, thalamus, & cerebellum

More general terms

• LIM/homeodomain protein

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:6421
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/605992
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9H2C1.html