MAFA, Official Symbol MAFAprovided by HGNC Official Full Name MAF bZIP transcription factor Aprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:23145 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000182759 MIM:610303; AllianceGenome:HGNC:23145 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as INSDM; hMafA; RIPE3b1 Summary MAFA is a transcription factor that binds RIPE3b, a conserved enhancer element that regulates pancreatic beta cell-specific expression of the insulin gene (INS; MIM 176730) (Olbrot et al., 2002 [PubMed 12011435]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008] Orthologs mouse all