Function
Transcriptional repressor of genes that require a bHLH protein for their transcription (PubMed:24618901). May serve as a transcriptional regulator of the Achaete-scute complex (AS-C) genes (PubMed:1528887). Contributes to the neural-epidermal lineage decision during early neurogenesis (PubMed:1427040). Part of the Notch signaling pathway, plays a role in neuroblasts proliferation in embryos and larvae (PubMed:10790334, PubMed:22357926). In the larval brain, together with other self-renewal transcriptional repressors such as klu and dpn, required for type II neuroblast self-renewal and for maintaining erm in an inactive state in intermediate neural progenitors (INP) derived from type II neuroblasts (PubMed:24618901).