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HESX1 - HESX homeobox 1 Gene

Homo sapiens

Also known as ANF; RPX; CPHD5

Gene ID: 8820 | Gene type: protein coding

About HESX1

Cytogenetic location: 3p14.3 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 3:57,197,838-57,227,615 (from NCBI)

This gene has 4 transcripts (splice variants), 195 orthologues, 50 paralogues and is associated with 8 phenotypes. Broad expression in testis (RPKM 1.6), skin (RPKM 0.6) and 24 other tissues.

Summary

This gene encodes a conserved homeobox protein that is a transcriptional repressor in the developing forebrain and pituitary gland. Mutations in this gene are associated with septooptic dysplasia, HESX1-related growth hormone deficiency, and combined pituitary hormone deficiency. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

HESX1 Products(5)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_001376058.1 NP_001362987.1 homeobox expressed in ES cells 1
NM_001376059.1 NP_001362988.1 homeobox expressed in ES cells 1
NM_001376060.1 NP_001362989.1 homeobox expressed in ES cells 1
NM_001376061.1 NP_001362990.1 homeobox expressed in ES cells 1
NM_003865.3 NP_003856.1 homeobox expressed in ES cells 1

HESX1 Protein Structure

Homeobox

Homeobox: Homeobox domain (109 - 165)

  • 0
  • 100
  • 185 a.a.
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

homeobox expressed in ES cells 1

Rathke pouch homeobox

Related Diseases

Diseases Alias
Septooptic Dysplasia

Septo-Optic Dysplasia

De Morsier Syndrome

Growth Hormone Deficiency With Pituitary Anomalies

SOD

Pituitary Hormone Deficiency, Combined, 5

Septo-Optic Dysplasia Spectrum

Septo-Optic Dysplasia With Growth Hormone Deficiency

Pituitary Hormone Deficiency, Combined 5

Hypopituitarism And Septooptic 'Dysplasia'

GHDPA

CPHD5

Dysplasia, Septo-Optic

Kallmann Syndrome

Hypothyroidism Due To Deficient Transcription Factors Involved In Pituitary Development Or Function
Pituitary Hormone Deficiency, Combined Or Isolated, 1

Pituitary Hormone Deficiency, Combined, 1

CPHD1

Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiencies, Genetic Forms

Congenital Hypopituitarism

Pituitary Hormone Deficiency, Combined 1

Congenital Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency

Non-Acquired Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency

Cphd1

Familial Congenital Hypopituitarism

Multiple Pituitary Hormone Deficiencies, Genetic Forms

Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiencies, Genetic Form

Hormone Deficiency, Pituitary, Combined, Type 1

Pituitary Stalk Interruption Syndrome

Ectopic Neurohypophysis

Psis

Kallmann Syndrome

Hypogonadism With Anosmia

Kallman'S Syndrome

Anosmic Hypogonadism

Anosmic Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism

Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism And Anosmia

Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism-Anosmia Syndrome

Olfacto-Genital Pathological Sequence

Familial Hypogonadism With Anosmia

Kallman Syndrome

Dysplasia Olfactogenitalis Of De Morsier

Kallmann'S Syndrome

Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism With Anosmia

Colobomatous Microphthalmia

Anophthalmia-Microphthalmia Syndrome

Mac

Microphthalmia With Colobomatous Cyst

Microphthalmia-Anophthalmia-Coloboma Syndrome

Microphthalmia-Anophthalmia-Coloboma

Microphthalmia And Mental Deficiency

Hypopituitarism

Pituitary Hypofunction

Pituitary Insufficiency

Pituitary Hormone Deficiency

Subpituitarism

Hypophyseal Dystrophy

Hypohypophysism

Anterior Pituitary Insufficiency

Deficient Secretion Of One Or More Pituitary Hormones

Hypopituitarism Syndrome

Pituitary Deficiency

Pituitary Failure

Pituitary Insufficiency Nos

Anterior Pituitary Hypofunction

Deficient Secretion Of All Pituitary Hormones

Hypopituitary Dwarfism

Hyposomatotropic Dwarfism

Hypophyseal Dwarfism

Hypopituitary Cachexia

Hypophyseal Short Stature

Panhypopituitarism Syndrome

Pituitary Cachexia

Juvenile Hypopituitarism

Pituitary Dwarfism

Pituitary Gland Hypofunction

Primary Hypopituitarism

Secondary Hypogonadism

Prepubertal Panhypopituitarism

Prepubertal Dwarfism

Postpartum Panhypopituitary Syndrome

Postpartum Hypopituitarism

Pituitary Short Stature

Pituitary Infantilism

Pituitary Hypogonadism

Pituitary Hypoadrenocorticism

Growth Hormone Deficiency

Somatotropin Deficiency

Isolated Somatotropin Deficiency

Pituitary Hormone Deficiency, Combined, 2

Panhypopituitarism

Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency

CPHD2

Ateliotic Dwarfism With Hypogonadism

Pituitary Dwarfism Iii

Hanhart Dwarfism

Simmond'S Disease

Simmonds' Disease

Cphd

Pituitary Hormone Deficiency, Combined

Hormone Deficiency, Pituitary, Combined, Type 2

Pituitary Dwarfism Type 3

Sheehan Syndrome

Pituitary Gland Disease

Pituitary Diseases

Pituitary Dysfunction

Pituitary Disease

Pituitary Deficiency

Pituitary Disorders

Fryns Microphthalmia Syndrome

Anophthalmia

Microphthalmia With Facial Clefting

Anophthalmia Plus Syndrome

Leichtman Wood Rohn Syndrome

Anophthalmia-Plus Syndrome

Anophthalmia, Cleft Lip/Palate, Facial Anomalies, And Cns Anomalies And Hypothalamic Disorder

Fryns Anophthalmia Syndrome

Pituitary Hypoplasia

Hypoplasia Of The Pituitary Gland

Adamantinous Craniopharyngioma

Adamantinous Rathke'S Pouch Tumor

Craniopharyngioma, Adamantinomatous

Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma

Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency Type Iii

Congenital Ighd Type Iii

Congenital Isolated Gh Deficiency Type Iii

Congenital Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency Type Iii

Fleisher Syndrome

Growth Hormone Deficiency With Hypogammaglobulinemia

Ighd Iii

X-Linked Ighd

X-Linked Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency

Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency Type 3

X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia And Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency

X-Linked Hypogammaglobulinemia And Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency

Agammaglobulinemia And Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency, X-Linked

Hypogammaglobulinemia And Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency, X-Linked

Ighd3

Growth Hormone Deficiency, Isolated, Type Iii )

Hypothyroidism

Thyroid Diseases

Thyroid Disease

Thyroid Deficiency

Thyroid Insufficiency

Dysfunction Thyroid

Thyroid Dysfunction

Optic Nerve Hypoplasia, Bilateral

Optic Nerve Hypoplasia

Bilateral Optic Nerve Hypoplasia

Optic Nerve Hypoplasia, Familial Bilateral

Familial Bilateral Optic Nerve Hypoplasia

Isolated Optic Nerve Hypoplasia/Aplasia

Optic Nerve Aplasia, Bilateral

Onh

BONH

Bilateral Optic Nerve Aplasia

Hypoplasia, Optic Nerve, Bilateral

Macular Dystrophy, Patterned, 1

Patterned Macular Dystrophy 1

MDPT1

Patterned Dystrophy Of Retinal Pigment Epithelium

Macular Dystrophy, Butterfly-Shaped Pigmentary

Butterfly Dystrophy Of Retinal Pigment Epithelium

Butterfly-Shaped Pigmentary Maculary Dystrophy 1

Dystrophy, Macular, Patterned, Type 1

Culler-Jones Syndrome

Postaxial Polydactyly-Anterior Pituitary Anomalies-Facial Dysmorphism Syndrome

CJS

Pallister-Hall Syndrome 2, Formerly

Phs2, Formerly

Pallister-Hall Syndrome 2

Phs2

Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency

Congenital Ighd

Congenital Isolated Gh Deficiency

Congenital Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency

Non-Acquired Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency

Pituitary Dwarfism

Dwarfism, Pituitary

Isolated Somatotropin Deficiency

Isolated Congenital Growth Hormone Deficiency

Familial Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency

Ighd

Dwarfism, Growth Hormone Deficiency

Growth Hormone Deficiency Dwarfism

Isolated Gh Deficiency

Isolated Hgh Deficiency

Isolated Human Growth Hormone Deficiency

Isolated Somatotropin Deficiency Disorder

Dwarfism Pituitary

Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency, Type Ii

Ighd Ii

Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency Type Ii

IGHD2

Growth Hormone Deficiency, Isolated, Type Ii

Congenital Ighd Type Ii

Congenital Isolated Gh Deficiency Type Ii

Congenital Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency Type Ii

Pituitary Dwarfism Due To Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency Autosomal Dominant

Growth Hormone Deficiency, Isolated, Autosomal Dominant

Pituitary Dwarfism Due To Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency, Autosomal Dominant

Autosomal Dominant Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency

Autosomal Dominant Pituitary Dwarfism Due To Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency

Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency Type 2

Growth Hormone Deficiency, Isolated Autosomal Dominant

Growth Hormone Deficiency, Isolated, 2

Growth Hormone Deficiency Isolated Autosomal Dominant

Alternating Esotropia
Peho Syndrome

Progressive Encephalopathy With Edema, Hypsarrhythmia, And Optic Atrophy

Infantile Cerebellooptic Atrophy

PEHO

Progressive Encephalopathy With Edema, Hypsarrhythmia And Optic Atrophy

Progressive Encephalopathy-Optic Atrophy Syndrome

Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism

Klinefelter Syndrome

Klinefelter'S Syndrome

Xxy Syndrome

Xxy Trisomy

Hypogonadotropism

47, Xxy

Congenital Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism

Isolated Congenital Gonadotropin Deficiency

47,Xxy Syndrome

47, Xxy Syndrome

Klinefelters Syndrome

Hypogonadism

Klinefelter Syndrome In Males

Klinefelter Syndrome, Unspecified

Klinefelter Syndrome Karyotype 47, Xxy

Adrenal Hypoplasia, Congenital

X-Linked Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenita

Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia

AHC

Adrenal Hypoplasia, Congenital, With Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism

Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenita

X-Linked Ahc

Ahch

Ahx

Ahc With Hhg

Cytomegalic Adrenocortical Hypoplasia

Ahc With Isolated Gonadotropin Deficiency

X-Linked Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia

Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia, X-Linked

Addison Disease, X-Linked

Primary Adrenal Hypoplasia

Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital, X-Linked

X-Linked Addison Disease

X-Linked Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital

Congenital Hypoplasia Of Adrenal Gland

Congenital Adrenal Gland Hypoplasia

Congenital Small Adrenal Gland

Adrenal Hypoplasia

Cah - [Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia]

Acth Deficiency, Isolated

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Deficiency

IAD

Congenital Isolated Acth Deficiency

Isolated Acth Deficiency

Isolated Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Deficiency

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Deficiency

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone [Acth] Deficiency

Secondary Adrenocortical Insufficiency

Pallister-Hall Syndrome

PHS

Hypothalamic Hamartomas

Hypothalamic Hamartoblastoma, Hypopituitarism, Imperforate Anus, And Postaxial Polydactyly

Hypothalamic Hamartoblastoma Syndrome

Hamartoma Of The Hypothalamus

Pallister Hall Syndrome

Hall-Pallister Syndrome

Hypothalamic Hamartoblastoma Hypopituitarism Imperforate Anus And Postaxial Polydactyly

Hamartoma, Hypothalamic

Gillespie Syndrome

GLSP

Aniridia, Cerebellar Ataxia And Mental Deficiency

Aniridia Cerebellar Ataxia Mental Deficiency

Aniridia, Cerebellar Ataxia, And Mental Retardation

Aniridia-Cerebellar Ataxia-Intellectual Disability Syndrome

Aniridia-Cerebellar Ataxia-Intellectual Disability

Aniridia-Cerebellar Ataxia-Mental Deficiency

Partial Aniridia-Cerebellar Ataxia-Oligophrenia

Aniridia, Cerebellar Ataxia, And Intellectual Disability

Esotropia

Convergence In Manifest Squint

Crossed Eyes

Internal Strabismus

Convergent Concomitant Strabismus

Convergent Squint

Convergent Strabismus

Cross-Eye

Coloboma Of Optic Nerve

Morning Glory Disc Anomaly

Coloboma Of Optic Disc

Morning Glory Syndrome

Ectasic Coloboma

Coloboma Of Optic Papilla

Congenital Coloboma Of The Optic Nerve

Optic Nerve Coloboma

Optic Nerve Head Pits, Bilateral Congenital

Volubilis Syndrome

COLON

Coloboma Of Optic Disc, Unspecified Eye

Congenital Coloboma Of Optic Disc

Optic Disk Coloboma

Holoprosencephaly

Holoprosencephaly Sequence

Hpe

Hpe - [Holoprosencephaly]

Cryptorchidism, Unilateral Or Bilateral

Cryptorchidism

Undescended Testicle

Undescended Testis

Cryptorchism

Undescended Testicles

CRYPTO

Impaired Testicular Descent

Cryptosporidiosis

Retained Testis

Unilateral Cryptorchidism

Unilateral Undescended Testis

Nondescent Unilateral Testicle

Unilateral Cryptorchism

Ectopic Testis, Unilateral

Bilateral Cryptorchidism

Bilateral Cryptorchism

Bilateral Nondescent Testicle

Bilateral Undescended Testes

Bilateral Ectopic Testes

46,Xy Sex Reversal

Swyer Syndrome

Pure Gonadal Dysgenesis 46,Xy

Gonadal Dysgenesis, Xy Female Type

Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,Xy

46,Xy Cgd

46,Xy Complete Gonadal Dysgenesis

46,Xy Pure Gonadal Dysgenesis

46 Xy Gonadal Dysgenesis

46, Xy Cgd

46, Xy Complete Gonadal Dysgenesis

46, Xy Pure Gonadal Dysgenesis

Xy Pure Gonadal Dysgenesis

Female With 46,Xy Karyotype

Xy Females

Congenital Hypothyroidism

Cretinism

Neonatal Hypothyroidism

Ch

Cht

Congenital Myxedema

Myxedema, Congenital

Endemic Cretinism

Congenital Iodine-Deficiency Syndrome

Fetal Iodine Deficiency Syndrome

Congenital Iodine-Deficiency Hypothyroidism Nos

Coloboma Of Macula

Coloboma

Congenital Ocular Coloboma

Microphthalmia, Isolated, With Coloboma

Agenesis Of Macula

Hereditary Macular Coloboma

Ocular Coloboma

Coloboma Of Eye

Macular Coloboma

Uveoretinal Coloboma

Orofacial Cleft

Cleft, Orofacial

Congenital Nervous System Abnormality

Congenital Neurologic Anomaly

Congenital Nervous System Disorder

Strabismus

Strabismus, Susceptibility To

Strabismus, Susceptibility To, 1

Strabismus 1

Fundus Dystrophy

Retinal Dystrophy

Retinal Dystrophies

Dystrophy, Retinal

Diseases Alias
Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Rattus norvegicus HESX1 RGD RGD:1563858
Macaca mulatta HESX1 VGNC VGNC:73366
Felis catus HESX1 VGNC VGNC:67558
Canis familiaris HESX1 VGNC VGNC:41668
Mus musculus HESX1 MGD MGI:96071
Bos taurus HESX1 VGNC VGNC:29825