Binds DNA as a heterodimer with MLX/TCFL4 and activates transcription. Binds to the canonical E box sequence 5′-CACGTG-3′. Plays a role in transcriptional activation of glycolytic target genes. Involved in glucose-responsive gene regulation (By similarity). Regulates transcription in response to changes in cellular carbohydrate abundance such as occurs during fasting to feeding metabolic transition. Refeeding stimulates MLXIPL/ChREBP transcription factor, leading to increased BCKDK to PPM1K expression ratio, phosphorylation and activation of ACLY that ultimately results in the generation of malonyl-CoA and oxaloacetate immediate substrates of de novo lipogenesis and gluconeogenesis, respectively (By similarity).
