这个无内含子的基因编码一个SOX（SRY相关HMG-box）转录因子家族的成员，该家族参与胚胎发育的调控和细胞命运的决定编码的蛋白质在与其他蛋白质形成蛋白质复合物后可作为转录调节因子。该基因突变可能与眼睑裂、上睑下垂、内眦赘皮综合征（bpes）和mobius综合征有关。[由RefSeq提供，2008年7月]
This intronless gene encodes a member of the SOX (SRY-related HMG-box) family of transcription factors involved in the regulation of embryonic development and in the determination of the cell fate. The encoded protein may act as a transcriptional regulator after forming a protein complex with other proteins. Mutations in this gene are suggested to be responsible for the limb defects associated with blepharophimosis, ptosis, epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES) and Mobius syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]