The function of ENSG00000126705 (AHDC1, AT-hook DNA binding motif containing 1) is as follows. Transcription factor required for the proper patterning of the epidermis, which plays a key role in early epithelial morphogenesis (PubMed:35585237). Directly binds promoter and enhancer regions and acts by maintaining local enhancer-promoter chromatin architecture (PubMed:35585237). Interacts with many sequence-specific zinc-finger transcription factors and methyl-CpG-binding proteins to regulate the expression of mesoderm genes that wire surface ectoderm stratification (PubMed:35585237). .