basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in transcription factor 4 (TCF-4) and similar proteins; TCF-4, also termed E2-2, or Class B basic helix-loop-helix protein 19 (bHLHb19), or immunoglobulin transcription factor 2 (ITF-2), or SL3-3 enhancer factor 2 (SEF-2), is a bHLH transcription factor that binds to the immunoglobulin enhancer Mu-E5/KE5-motif. It is involved in the initiation of neuronal differentiation.

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gi 27777636 543 KAEREKERRVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMCQLHLNSEKPQTKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQQVRERNLNPKAACLKRRE 622
Cdd:cd18945   1 KAEREKERRMANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMVQLHLKSDKPQTKLLILHQAVAVILSLEQQVRERNLNPKAACLKRRE 80

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gi 27777636 623 EEKVS 627
Cdd:cd18945  81 EEKVS 85

basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in transcription factor 4 (TCF-4) and similar proteins; TCF-4, also termed E2-2, or Class B basic helix-loop-helix protein 19 (bHLHb19), or immunoglobulin transcription factor 2 (ITF-2), or SL3-3 enhancer factor 2 (SEF-2), is a bHLH transcription factor that binds to the immunoglobulin enhancer Mu-E5/KE5-motif. It is involved in the initiation of neuronal differentiation.

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gi 27777636 543 KAEREKERRVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMCQLHLNSEKPQTKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQQVRERNLNPKAACLKRRE 622
Cdd:cd18945   1 KAEREKERRMANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMVQLHLKSDKPQTKLLILHQAVAVILSLEQQVRERNLNPKAACLKRRE 80

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gi 27777636 623 EEKVS 627
Cdd:cd18945  81 EEKVS 85

Helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain;

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gi 27777636   550 RRVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELgRMCQLHLNSEKPQTKLLILHQAVSVILNLE 603
Cdd:pfam00010   1 RREAHNERERRRRDRINDAFDEL-RELLPTLPPDKKLSKAEILRLAIEYIKHLQ 53

basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in transcription factor 4 (TCF-4) and similar proteins; TCF-4, also termed E2-2, or Class B basic helix-loop-helix protein 19 (bHLHb19), or immunoglobulin transcription factor 2 (ITF-2), or SL3-3 enhancer factor 2 (SEF-2), is a bHLH transcription factor that binds to the immunoglobulin enhancer Mu-E5/KE5-motif. It is involved in the initiation of neuronal differentiation.

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gi 27777636 543 KAEREKERRVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMCQLHLNSEKPQTKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQQVRERNLNPKAACLKRRE 622
Cdd:cd18945   1 KAEREKERRMANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMVQLHLKSDKPQTKLLILHQAVAVILSLEQQVRERNLNPKAACLKRRE 80

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gi 27777636 623 EEKVS 627
Cdd:cd18945  81 EEKVS 85

basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in transcription factor 12 (TCF-12) and similar proteins; TCF-12, also termed HEB, or Class B basic helix-loop-helix protein 20 (bHLHb20), or DNA-binding protein HTF4, or E-box-binding protein, or transcription factor HTF-4, is a bHLH transcription factor that is involved in the initiation of neuronal differentiation.

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gi 27777636 550 RRVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMCQLHLNSEKPQTKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQQVRERNLNPKAACLKRREEEKVSGV 629
Cdd:cd18946   1 RRMANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMCQLHLKSEKPQTKLLILHQAVAVILSLEQQVRERNLNPKAACLKRREEEKVSAV 80

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gi 27777636 630 VGD 632
Cdd:cd18946  81 SAE 83

basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in Drosophila melanogaster protein daughterless (Da) and similar proteins; Da is a nuclear bHLH transcription factor that is a sole E protein ortholog essential for both neurogenesis and sex determination in Drosophila. Da is expressed in a broad range of tissues and is involved in diverse developmental processes such as oogenesis, sex determination and neurogenesis depending on its bHLH-binding partners. Da and achaete-scute complex (AS-C) form heterodimers that act as transcriptional activators of neural cell fates and are involved in sex determination.

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gi 27777636 549 ERRVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMCQLHLNSEKPQTKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQQVRERNLNPKAACL 618
Cdd:cd11467   1 ERRQANNARERIRIRDINEALKELGRMCMTHLKSDKPQTKLGILNMAVEVIMTLEQQVRERNLNPKAACL 70

helix loop helix domain;

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gi 27777636    555 NARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMCQLHLNSEKPqTKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQQVRE 608
Cdd:smart00353   1 NARERRRRRKINEAFDELRSLLPTLPKNKKL-SKAEILRLAIEYIKSLQEELQK 53

tissue specific basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH-TS) domain family; Tissue specific bHLH domain family includes transcription regulators whose expression are restricted to certain tissues. They are involved in cell-fate determination and process in neurogenesis, cardiogenesis, myogenesis, and hematopoiesis and include proteins from myogenic regulatory factor (MRF) family, twist-related protein (TWIST) family, scleraxis-like family, heart- and neural crest derivatives-expressed protein (HAND) family, helix-loop-helix protein (HEN) family, musculin-like family, germline alpha (FIGLA) family, T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia protein/ lymphoblastic leukemia-derived sequence (TAL/LYL) family, ovary, uterus and testis protein (OUT) family, mesoderm posterior protein (Mesp) family, muscle, intestine and stomach expression 1 (MIST-1) family, protein atonal homologs (ATOH) family, neurogenin (NGN) family, neurogenic differentiation factor (NeuroD) family, achaete-scute complex-like (ASCL) family, Fer3-like protein (FERD3L)-like family, and Oligodendrocyte lineage genes (OLIG) family of transcription factors.

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gi 27777636 551 RVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELgRMCQLHLNSEKPQTKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQ 604
Cdd:cd11390   1 RNAANARERRRMHDLNDAFEAL-RKVLPTVPPDKKLSKIETLRLAINYIAALSD 53

basic Helix Loop Helix (bHLH) domain superfamily; bHLH proteins are transcriptional regulators that are found in organisms from yeast to humans. Members of the bHLH superfamily have two highly conserved and functionally distinct regions. The basic part is at the amino end of the bHLH that may bind DNA to a consensus hexanucleotide sequence known as the E box (CANNTG). Different families of bHLH proteins recognize different E-box consensus sequences. At the carboxyl-terminal end of the region is the HLH region that interacts with other proteins to form homo- and heterodimers. bHLH proteins function as a diverse set of regulatory factors because they recognize different DNA sequences and dimerize with different proteins. The bHLH proteins can be divided to cell-type specific and widely expressed proteins. The cell-type specific members of bHLH superfamily are involved in cell-fate determination and act in neurogenesis, cardiogenesis, myogenesis, and hematopoiesis.

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gi 27777636 558 ERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMCQLHLNSEKPqTKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQ 604
Cdd:cd00083   1 ERRRRDKINDAFEELKRLLPELPDSKKL-SKASILQKAVEYIRELQS 46

basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in protein atonal homolog 8 (ATOH8) and similar proteins; ATOH8, also termed Class A basic helix-loop-helix protein 21 (bHLHa21), or helix-loop-helix protein hATH-6 (hATH6), is a bHLH shear-stress-responsive transcription factor expressed in activated satellite cells and proliferating myoblasts of human skeletal muscle tissue. It regulates endothelial cell proliferation, migration and tube-like structures formation. ATOH8 binds a palindromic (canonical) core consensus DNA sequence 5'-CANNTG- 3' known as an E-box element, possibly as a heterodimer with other bHLH proteins.

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gi 27777636 548 KERRVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMCQLHLNSEKpQTKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQ 604
Cdd:cd11421   6 RQRRIEANARERTRVHTISAAFEALRKAVPSYSYNQK-LSKLAILRIACSYILALAR 61

basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in Drosophila melanogaster protein taxi and similar proteins; Protein taxi, also termed protein delilah (Dei), is a bHLH transcription factor that is involved in regulation of cell adhesion and attachment that is expressed in specialized cells that provide anchoring sites to either muscles (tendon cells), or proprioceptors (chordotonal attachment cells) during embryonic development. It probably plays an important role in the differentiation of epidermal cells into the tendon cells that form the attachment sites for all muscles.

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gi 27777636 550 RRVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRM--CQLHLNSEKPQTKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQ 604
Cdd:cd11431   1 RRKTANARERDRMREINDAFEALRRAvpEYPVAGKDGKLTKITTLRLAMNYIKALTD 57

basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in achaete-scute complex-like (ASCL) family; The achaete-scute complex-like (ASCL, also known as achaete-scute complex homolog or ASH) family of bHLH transcription factors, ASCL1-5, have been implicated in cell fate specification and differentiation. They are critical for proper development of the nervous system. The deregulation of ASCL plays a key role in psychiatric and neurological disorders. ASCL-1, also termed Class A basic helix-loop-helix protein 46 (bHLHa46), or achaete-scute homolog 1 (ASH-1), or mammalian achaete-scute homolog 1 (Mash1), is a neural-specific bHLH transcription factor that is expressed in subsets of neural progenitors in both the central and peripheral nervous system. It plays a key role in neuronal differentiation and specification in the nervous system. ASCL-2, also termed achaete-scute homolog 2 (ASH-2), or Class A basic helix-loop-helix protein 45 (bHLHa45), or mammalian achaete-scute homolog 2 (Mash2), is a bHLH transcription factor that is involved in Schwann cell differentiation and control of proliferation in adult peripheral nerves. ASCL-3, also termed Class A basic helix-loop-helix protein 42 (bHLHa42), or bHLH transcriptional regulator Sgn-1, or achaete-scute homolog 3 (ASH-3), is a bHLH transcription factor specifically localized in the duct cells of the salivary glands. It may act as transcriptional repressor that inhibits myogenesis. The family also includes Drosophila melanogaster achaete-scute complex (AS-C) proteins, which consists of lethal of scute (also known as achaete-scute complex protein T3 or AST3), scute (also known as achaete-scute complex protein T4 or AST4), achaete (also known as achaete-scute complex protein T5 or AST5), and asense (also known as achaete-scute complex protein T8 or AST8). They are involved in the determination of the neuronal precursors in the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system, as well as in sex determination and dosage compensation.

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gi 27777636 548 KERRvanNARERLRVRDINEAFKELgRMCQLHLNSEKPQTKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQQ 605
Cdd:cd11418   2 VARR---NERERRRVQAVNDAFDRL-RQHVPYLKRRKKLSKVKTLRRAIEYIRHLQKL 55

basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in Drosophila melanogaster myogenic-determination protein (dMYOD) and similar proteins; dMYOD, also termed protein nautilus, or Myd, may play an important role in the early development of muscle in Drosophila.

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gi 27777636 549 ERRVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMCQLHLNSEKPqtKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQ 604
Cdd:cd19699   1 DRRKAATMRERRRLRKVNEAFEVLKRRTCPNPNQRLP--KVEILRNAIEYIESLED 54

basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in myoblast determination protein 1 (MYOD1) and similar proteins; MYOD1, also termed Class C basic helix-loop-helix protein 1 (bHLHc1), or myogenic factor 3 (Myf-3), is a bHLH transcriptional activator that promotes transcription of muscle-specific target genes and plays a role in muscle differentiation. Together with Myf-5 and MYOG, MYOD1 co-occupies muscle-specific gene promoter core region during myogenesis.

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gi 27777636 549 ERRVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGRMCQLHLNSEKPqtKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQQVR 607
Cdd:cd18936   5 DRRKAATMRERRRLSKVNEAFETLKRCTSTNPNQRLP--KVEILRNAIRYIESLQALLR 61

basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in Fer3-like protein (FERD3L), pancreas transcription factor 1 subunit alpha (PTF1A) and similar proteins; The family corresponds to a group of bHLH transcription factors, including FERD3L and PTF1A. FERD3L, also termed basic helix-loop-helix protein N-twist, or Class A basic helix-loop-helix protein 31 (bHLHa31), or nephew of atonal 3 (NATO3), or Neuronal twist (NTWIST), is expressed in the developing central nervous system (CNS). It regulates floor plate (FP) cells development. FP is a critical organizing center located at the ventral-most midline of the neural tube. FERD3L binds to the E-box and functions as inhibitor of transcription. PTF1A, also termed Class A basic helix-loop-helix protein 29 (bHLHa29), or pancreas-specific transcription factor 1a, or bHLH transcription factor p48, or p48 DNA-binding subunit of transcription factor PTF1 (PTF1-p48), is implicated in the cell fate determination in various organs. It binds to the E-box consensus sequence 5'-CANNTG-3' and plays a role in early and late pancreas development and differentiation.

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gi 27777636 549 ERRVANNaRERLRVRDINEAFKELgRMCQLHLNSEKPQTKLLILHQAVSVILNL 602
Cdd:cd19686   1 QRQAANI-RERKRMRSINDAFDGL-RRHIPTFPYEKRLSKVDTLRLAIQYINFL 52

basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in Drosophila melanogaster protein dimmed and similar proteins; Dimmed, also termed DIMM, is a bHLH transcription factor that regulates neurosecretory (NS) cell function and neuroendocrine cell fate in Drosophila.

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gi 27777636 550 RRVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELgRMCQLHLNSEKPQTKLLILHQAVSVILNL 602
Cdd:cd19712   1 RRLESNERERMRMHSLNDAFQGL-REVIPHVNAERKLSKIETLTLAKNYIKAL 52

basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in protein atonal homologs ATOH1, ATOH7 and similar proteins; The family includes ATOH1 and ATOH7. ATOH1, also termed Class A basic helix-loop-helix protein 14 (bHLHa14), or helix-loop-helix protein hATH-1 (hATH1), or Math1, or Cath1, is a proneural bHLH transcription factor that is essential for inner ear hair cell differentiation. It dimerizes with E47 and activates E-box (CANNTG) dependent transcription. ATOH1 is a mammalian homolog of the Drosophila melanogaster gene atonal and mouse atonal homolog 1 (Math1). ATOH7, also termed Class A basic helix-loop-helix protein 13 (bHLHa13), or helix-loop-helix protein hATH-5 (hATH5), or Math5, is a bHLH transcription factor involved in the differentiation of retinal ganglion cells. The family also includes protein Amos (also termed absent MD neurons and olfactory sensilla protein, or reduced olfactory organs protein, or rough eye protein). It is a bHLH transcription factor that promotes multiple dendritic neuron formation in the Drosophila peripheral nervous system.

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gi 27777636 550 RRVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKELgRMCQLHLNSEKPQTKLLILHQAVSVILNLEQ 604
Cdd:cd11430   1 RRLAANARERRRMNGLNRAFDQL-RSVVPSIGNDKKLSKYETLQMAQIYIETLSE 54

splicing factor, CC1-like family; This model represents a subfamily of RNA splicing factors including the Pad-1 protein (N. crassa), CAPER (M. musculus) and CC1.3 (H.sapiens). These proteins are characterized by an N-terminal arginine-rich, low complexity domain followed by three (or in the case of 4 H. sapiens paralogs, two) RNA recognition domains (rrm: pfam00706). These splicing factors are closely related to the U2AF splicing factor family (TIGR01642). A homologous gene from Plasmodium falciparum was identified in the course of the analysis of that genome at TIGR and was included in the seed.

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gi 27777636   474 DLSRPPDSYSGlgRAGATAAASEIKREEKEDEENtsaaDHSEEEKKELKAPRARTSPDEDEDDLLPPEQKAEREKERRVA 553
Cdd:TIGR01622  46 DRHRDRDYYRG--RERRSRSRRPNRRYRPREKRR----RRGDSYRRRRDDRRSRREKPRARDGTPEPLTEDERDRRTVFV 119

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gi 27777636   554 NNARERLRVRDINEAFKELGR 574
Cdd:TIGR01622 120 QQLAARARERDLYEFFSKVGK 140

basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in Drosophila melanogaster protein Amos and similar proteins; Amos, also termed absent MD neurons and olfactory sensilla protein, or reduced olfactory organs protein, or rough eye protein, is a bHLH transcription factor that promotes multiple dendritic neuron formation in the Drosophila peripheral nervous system.

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gi 27777636 548 KERRVANNARERLRVRDINEAFKEL 572
Cdd:cd19715   6 KKRRLAANARERRRMNSLNVAFDKL 30