basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain found in Drosophila melanogaster protein extra-macrochaetae and similar proteins
Extra-macrochaetae is a negative regulator of sensory organ development in Drosophila. It belongs to dominant negative group of helix-loop-helix (dnHLH) proteins, which lack a basic DNA-binding domain but can form heterodimers with other HLH proteins, thereby inhibiting DNA binding.