Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including embryonic organ development; eye development; and nervous system development. Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including adult locomotory behavior; dorsal spinal cord development; and regulation of respiratory gaseous exchange by nervous system process. Predicted to be located in chromatin. Predicted to be part of transcription regulator complex. Biomarker of esophagus squamous cell carcinoma. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Forensic Context
A study in mice demonstrated that binge-like ethanol consumption via a drinking-in-the-dark paradigm altered the expression of the PBX3 in the prefrontal cortex, as identified by RNA-seq analysis [Vallerini et al. DOI:10.1016/J.Neuroscience.2020.09.010].