ventral anterior homeobox 1 (VAX1)

Function

• axon guidance & major tract formation in developing forebrai
• role in differentiation of neuroretina, pigmented epithelium & optic stalk (putative)

Structure

• belongs to the EMX homeobox family
• contains 1 homeobox DNA-binding domain

Compartment

• nucleus

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

More general terms

• homeobox protein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/604294
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q5SQQ9.html