Transcriptional activator; required for the vitamin H-responsive element (VHRE) mediated induction of VHT1 (Vitamin H transporter) and BIO5 (biotin biosynthesis intermediate transporter) in response to low biotin concentrations; VHR1 has a paralog, VHR2, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001318]
Chromosome IX: 249,991-251,913 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006942.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 17 orthologues and 1 paralogue.