This is a list of gene families or gene complexes, i.e. sets of genes which are related ancestrally and often serve similar biological functions. These gene families typically encode functionally related proteins, and sometimes the term gene families is a shorthand for the sets of proteins that the genes encode. They may or may not be physically adjacent on the same chromosome.
Regulatory protein gene families
- 14-3-3 protein family
- Achaete-scute complex (neuroblast formation)
- FOX proteins (forkhead box proteins)
- Families containing homeobox domains
- DLX gene family
- Hox gene family
- POU family
- Krüppel-type zinc finger (ZNF)
- MADS-box gene family
- NOTCH2NL
- P300-CBP coactivator family
- SOX gene family
Immune system proteins
Motor proteins
Signal transducing proteins
Transporters
- ABC transporters
- Antiporter
- Aquaporins
Other families
- Expansin gene family
- Fibroblast growth factors (FGF)
- Fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFR)
- FH2 protein (formin) gene family
- FGD (FYVE, RhoGEF and PH domain containing) family
- Heat shock proteins
- Ion channels
- Membrane-spanning 4A
- Peroxin
- Protocadherin gene family
- Roundabout family
- SNARE family