The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1 alpha across different species:

HNF1 homeobox A (HNF1A)

Other aliases include:

HNF1A, HNF-1a

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1 alpha:

HNF1 homeobox A – hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 alpha

Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1 alpha fulfills a number of functions:

protein binding – protein heterodimerization activity – protein homodimerization activity – sequence-specific DNA binding – transcription activator activity – transcription factor activity

Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1 alpha is relevant to the following processes:

bile acid and bile salt transport – bile acid biosynthetic process – blastocyst development – bone resorption – cholesterol metabolic process – chromatin remodeling – embryonic limb morphogenesis – endocrine pancreas development – fatty acid biosynthetic process – fatty acid transport – glucose homeostasis – heme biosynthetic process – liver development – paraxial mesoderm formation – placenta development – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – protein localization – regulation of Wnt receptor signaling pathway – regulation of insulin secretion – reproductive structure development – response to glucose stimulus – response to oxidative stress – reverse cholesterol transport

Locations for Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1 alpha:

cytoplasm – photoreceptor outer segment – pronucleus – transcription factor complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology