ZFX

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
ZFX
Identifiers
AliasesZFX, ZNF926, zinc finger protein, X-linked, zinc finger protein X-linked
External IDsOMIM: 314980 MGI: 99211 HomoloGene: 2561 GeneCards: ZFX
Gene location (Human)
X chromosome (human)
Chr.X chromosome (human)[1]
X chromosome (human)
Genomic location for ZFX
Genomic location for ZFX
BandXp22.11Start24,149,173 bp[1]
End24,216,255 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse)
X chromosome (mouse)
Chr.X chromosome (mouse)[2]
X chromosome (mouse)
Genomic location for ZFX
Genomic location for ZFX
BandX C3|X 41.48 cMStart93,118,237 bp[2]
End93,167,308 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern
Bgee
HumanMouse (ortholog)
Top expressed in
  • Achilles tendon

  • sural nerve

  • germinal epithelium

  • monocyte

  • stromal cell of endometrium

  • tibia

  • gastrocnemius muscle

  • thymus

  • bone marrow cells

  • left uterine tube
Top expressed in
  • medullary collecting duct

  • renal corpuscle

  • ciliary body

  • medial ganglionic eminence

  • ureter

  • iris

  • primitive streak

  • left lung lobe

  • retinal pigment epithelium

  • conjunctival fornix
More reference expression data
BioGPS




More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function
  • DNA binding
  • transcription coactivator activity
  • metal ion binding
  • nucleic acid binding
  • DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
Cellular component
  • nucleus
  • nucleoplasm
  • nucleolus
Biological process
  • multicellular organism development
  • transcription, DNA-templated
  • regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
  • regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
  • positive regulation of nucleic acid-templated transcription
  • ovarian follicle development
  • germ cell development
  • spermatogenesis
  • fertilization
  • post-embryonic development
  • multicellular organism growth
  • oocyte development
  • homeostasis of number of cells
  • parental behavior
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

7543

22764

Ensembl

ENSG00000005889

ENSMUSG00000079509

UniProt

P17010

P17012

RefSeq (mRNA)
NM_001178084
NM_001178085
NM_001178086
NM_001178095
NM_003410

NM_001330327

NM_001044386
NM_011768
NM_001358354
NM_001358355
NM_001358356

NM_001358357

RefSeq (protein)
NP_001171555
NP_001171556
NP_001171557
NP_001171566
NP_001317256

NP_003401

NP_001037851
NP_035898
NP_001345283
NP_001345284
NP_001345285

NP_001345286

Location (UCSC)Chr X: 24.15 – 24.22 MbChr X: 93.12 – 93.17 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Zinc finger X-chromosomal protein is a protein that in mammals is encoded by the ZFX gene of the X chromosome.[5]

Function

This gene on the X chromosome is structurally similar to a related gene on the Y chromosome. It encodes a member of the krueppel C2H2-type zinc-finger protein family. The full-length protein contains an acidic transcriptional activation domain (AD), a nuclear localization sequence (NLS) and a DNA binding domain (DBD) consisting of 13 C2H2-type zinc fingers. Studies in mouse embryonic and adult hematopoietic stem cells showed that this gene was required as a transcriptional regulator for self-renewal of both stem cell types, but it was dispensable for growth and differentiation of their progeny. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified, but the full-length nature of some variants has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, May 2010]

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000005889 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000079509 – Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ "Entrez Gene: ZFX zinc finger protein, X-linked".

Further reading

  • North M, Sargent C, O'Brien J, et al. (1991). "Comparison of ZFY and ZFX gene structure and analysis of alternative 3' untranslated regions of ZFY". Nucleic Acids Res. 19 (10): 2579–86. doi:10.1093/nar/19.10.2579. PMC 328173. PMID 2041734.
  • Mardon G, Luoh SW, Simpson EM, et al. (1990). "Mouse Zfx protein is similar to Zfy-2: each contains an acidic activating domain and 13 zinc fingers". Mol. Cell. Biol. 10 (2): 681–8. doi:10.1128/mcb.10.2.681. PMC 360866. PMID 2105457.
  • Palmer MS, Berta P, Sinclair AH, et al. (1990). "Comparison of human ZFY and ZFX transcripts". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87 (5): 1681–5. Bibcode:1990PNAS...87.1681P. doi:10.1073/pnas.87.5.1681. PMC 53546. PMID 2308929.
  • Müller G, Schempp W (1989). "Mapping the human ZFX locus to Xp21.3 by in situ hybridization". Hum. Genet. 82 (1): 82–4. doi:10.1007/BF00288279. PMID 2497060. S2CID 27908892.
  • Schneider-Gädicke A, Beer-Romero P, Brown LG, et al. (1989). "ZFX has a gene structure similar to ZFY, the putative human sex determinant, and escapes X inactivation". Cell. 57 (7): 1247–58. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(89)90061-5. PMID 2500252.
  • Schneider-Gädicke A, Beer-Romero P, Brown LG, et al. (1990). "Putative transcription activator with alternative isoforms encoded by human ZFX gene". Nature. 342 (6250): 708–11. doi:10.1038/342708a0. PMID 2512506. S2CID 4334544.
  • Taylor DM, Ray PF, Ao A, et al. (1998). "Paternal transcripts for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and adenosine deaminase are first detectable in the human preimplantation embryo at the three- to four-cell stage". Mol. Reprod. Dev. 48 (4): 442–8. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199712)48:4<442::AID-MRD4>3.0.CO;2-Q. PMID 9364438. S2CID 33046919.
  • Murphy WJ, Eizirik E, Johnson WE, et al. (2001). "Molecular phylogenetics and the origins of placental mammals". Nature. 409 (6820): 614–8. Bibcode:2001Natur.409..614M. doi:10.1038/35054550. PMID 11214319. S2CID 4373847.
  • Agate RJ, Choe M, Arnold AP (2004). "Sex differences in structure and expression of the sex chromosome genes CHD1Z and CHD1W in zebra finches". Mol. Biol. Evol. 21 (2): 384–96. doi:10.1093/molbev/msh027. PMID 14660691.
  • Poloumienko A (2004). "Cloning and comparative analysis of the bovine, porcine, and equine sex chromosome genes ZFX and ZFY". Genome. 47 (1): 74–83. doi:10.1139/g03-099. PMID 15060604.
  • 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.
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