| TBX22 | 
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| Aliases | TBX22, ABERS, CLPA, CPX, TBXX, dJ795G23.1, T-box 22, T-box transcription factor 22 | 
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| External IDs | OMIM: 300307; MGI: 2389465; HomoloGene: 9666; GeneCards: TBX22; OMA:TBX22 - orthologs | 
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| | Gene location (Mouse) | 
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 |  |  | Chr. | X chromosome (mouse) | 
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 |  |  | Band | X D|X 47.59 cM | Start | 106,711,570 bp | 
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 | End | 106,732,584 bp | 
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| Wikidata | 
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T-box transcription factor TBX22 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TBX22 gene.
TBX22 is a member of a phylogenetically conserved family of proteins that share a common DNA-binding domain, the T-box. T-box genes encode transcription factors involved in the regulation of developmental processes. Mutations in this gene have been associated with the inherited X-linked disorder, cleft palate with ankyloglossia (tongue-tie), and it is believed to play a major role in human palatogenesis. It has previously been mapped to the long arm of the X chromosome and it has now been demonstrated that mutations in the gene TBX22 are the cause of this syndrome. TBX22 mutations also result in non-syndromic cleft palate in some populations.
TBX22 is composed of seven exons spanning 8.7 kilobases of genomic DNA in Xq21.1. The TBX22 mRNA is 2099 base pairs long and encodes a 400-amino-acids protein containing a T-domain in its NH2-terminal region which has the unique feature of missing 20 amino-acids relative to the other known T-domains.