YY1, Official Symbol YY1provided by HGNC Official Full Name YY1 transcription factorprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:12856 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000100811 MIM:600013; AllianceGenome:HGNC:12856 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as DELTA; NF-E1; UCRBP; GADEVS; INO80S; YIN-YANG-1 Summary YY1 is a ubiquitously distributed transcription factor belonging to the GLI-Kruppel class of zinc finger proteins. The protein is involved in repressing and activating a diverse number of promoters. YY1 may direct histone deacetylases and histone acetyltransferases to a promoter in order to activate or repress the promoter, thus implicating histone modification in the function of YY1. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] Expression Ubiquitous expression in thyroid (RPKM 24.9), bone marrow (RPKM 20.9) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all