Achaete-scute homolog 4 (Achaete-scute-like protein 4, ASCL4, HASH4)

Function

• could be a transcriptional regulator involved in skin development

Structure

contains 1 basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain

Compartment

nucleus (putative)

Expression

• expressed in skin
• 7-fold higher expression in fetal skin than in adult skin
• weak expression also detected in fetal lung, aorta & brain, & in adult stomach, kidney, ovary & breast

More general terms

• nuclear protein

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1215
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q6XD76.html