ZNF644

Zing finger protein 644 (ZNF644) also known as zinc finger motif enhancer-binding protein 2 (Zep-2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ZNF644 gene.

ZNF644
Identifiers
Aliases	ZNF644, BM-005, MYP21, NatF, ZEP-2, zinc finger protein 644
External IDs	OMIM: 614159; MGI: 1277212; HomoloGene: 12971; GeneCards: ZNF644; OMA:ZNF644 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 1 (human) Band 1p22.2 Start 90,915,298 bp End 91,022,272 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 5 (mouse) Band 5 E5|5 51.43 cM Start 106,616,739 bp End 106,697,287 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in Achilles tendon ventricular zone ganglionic eminence tibialis anterior muscle mucosa of ileum testicle epithelium of colon gonad corpus callosum bone marrow cells Top expressed in genital tubercle tail of embryo Gonadal ridge spermatocyte spermatid medial ganglionic eminence extensor digitorum longus muscle cardiac muscle tissue of left ventricle maxillary prominence lobe of cerebellum More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function DNA binding metal ion binding nucleic acid binding DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription factor activity Cellular component nucleus Biological process regulation of transcription, DNA-templated transcription, DNA-templated regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 84146 52397 Ensembl ENSG00000122482 ENSMUSG00000049606 UniProt Q9H582 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_016620 NM_032186 NM_201269 NM_026856 NM_001363318 NM_001363319 NM_001363320 NM_001363321 NM_001363322 NM_001363323 RefSeq (protein) NP_057704 NP_115562 NP_958357 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 90.92 – 91.02 Mb Chr 5: 106.62 – 106.7 Mb PubMed search
Wikidata
View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse

Clinical relevance

Mutations in the ZNF644 gene have been found in sporadic cases of high myopia.

Further reading

• Zabaneh D, Balding DJ (2010). "A genome-wide association study of the metabolic syndrome in Indian Asian men". PLOS ONE. 5 (8): e11961. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...511961Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011961. PMC 2915922. PMID 20694148.
• Mulligan P, Westbrook TF, Ottinger M, et al. (2008). "CDYL bridges REST and histone methyltransferases for gene repression and suppression of cellular transformation". Mol. Cell. 32 (5): 718–26. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2008.10.025. PMC 6595072. PMID 19061646.
• Beausoleil SA, Jedrychowski M, Schwartz D, et al. (2004). "Large-scale characterization of HeLa cell nuclear phosphoproteins". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (33): 12130–5. Bibcode:2004PNAS..10112130B. doi:10.1073/pnas.0404720101. PMC 514446. PMID 15302935.
• Gregory SG, Barlow KF, McLay KE, et al. (2006). "The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1". Nature. 441 (7091): 315–21. Bibcode:2006Natur.441..315G. doi:10.1038/nature04727. PMID 16710414.
• Zhang QH, Ye M, Wu XY, et al. (2000). "Cloning and functional analysis of cDNAs with open reading frames for 300 previously undefined genes expressed in CD34+ hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells". Genome Res. 10 (10): 1546–60. doi:10.1101/gr.140200. PMC 310934. PMID 11042152.