Hes Related Family BHLH Transcription Factor With YRPW Motif 1
BHLHb31
HESR1
HRT-1
HERP2
CHF2
HESR-1
CHF-2
Hairy/Enhancer-Of-Split Related With YRPW Motif Protein 1
Hairy/Enhancer-Of-Split Related With YRPW Motif 1
Hairy And Enhancer Of Split-Related Protein 1
Class B Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Protein 31
Cardiovascular Helix-Loop-Helix Factor 2
Hairy-Related Transcription Factor 1
HES-Related Repressor Protein 1
HHRT1
Hes-Related Family BHLH Transcription Factor With YRPW Motif 1
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Protein OAF1
HES-Related Repressor Protein 2
BHLHB31
NERP2
OAF1
HRT1
This gene encodes a nuclear protein belonging to the hairy and enhancer of split-related (HESR) family of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH)-type transcriptional repressors. Expression of this gene is induced by the Notch and c-Jun signal transduction pathways. Two similar and redundant genes in mouse are required for embryonic cardiovascular development, and are also implicated in neurogenesis and somitogenesis. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Forensic Context
A study in humans demonstrated that the HEY1 was identified as a high-confidence gene in common between mice and humans within the top 10% of genes related to lifetime alcohol consumption in postmortem prefrontal cortex [Farris et al. DOI:10.1038/Mp.2014.159].