Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables protein heterodimerization activity. Involved in ureteric bud development. Acts upstream of or within regulation of DNA-templated transcription. Located in nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; embryo mesenchyme; future brain; genitourinary system; and sensory organ. Used to study obesity. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in obesity. Orthologous to human SIM1 (SIM bHLH transcription factor 1).