TFE3

TFE3, a member of the helix-loop-helix family of transcription factors, binds to the mu-E3 motif of the immunoglobulin heavy-chain enhancer and is expressed in many cell types (Henthorn et al., 1991).[supplied by OMIM]^[7]

TFE3 has been shown to interact with:

• E2F3,^[8]
• Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor,^[9][10] and
• Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3^[11][12]

A proportion of renal carcinomas (RCC) that occur in young patients are associated with translocations involving the TFE3 gene at chromosome Xp11.2 PRCC^{[citation needed]}