Transcription factor SOX-17

UniProtKB accession:  Q61473

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UniProtKB description:  Acts as a transcription regulator that binds target promoter DNA and bends the DNA (PubMed:8636240, PubMed:24153254, PubMed:19328208). Binds to the sequences 5'-AACAAT-'3 or 5'-AACAAAG-3' (PubMed:8636240). Modulates transcriptional regulation via WNT3A. Inhibits Wnt signaling. Promotes degradation of activated CTNNB1. Plays a key role in the regulation of embryonic development (PubMed:11973269, PubMed:17655922, PubMed:24153254). Required for normal development of the definitive gut endoderm (PubMed:11973269). Required for normal looping of the embryonic heart tube. Plays an important role in embryonic and postnatal vascular development, including development of arteries (PubMed:24153254). Plays an important role in postnatal angiogenesis, where it is functionally redundant with SOX18 (PubMed:16895970). Required for the generation and maintenance of fetal hematopoietic stem cells, and for fetal hematopoiesis (PubMed:17655922). Probable transcriptional activator in the premeiotic germ cells.