[Term]
id: PR:000025988
name: max dimerization protein
def: "A protein that belongs to the clade C of the bHLH proteins (see PMID:20219281) with a core domain composition consisting of a helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain (Pfam:PF00010). Proteins in this class antagonize the effects of Myc proteins." [PMID:16620026, PMID:20219281]
comment: Category=family.
synonym: "bHLH clade c" BROAD [PMID:20219281]
synonym: "bHLH class IV" BROAD [PMID:8018712]
synonym: "bHLH group B" BROAD [PMID:9144210]
xref: PIRSF:PIRSF015841
is_a: PR:000000001 ! protein