Alternative titles; symbols
HGNC Approved Gene Symbol: ZNF212
Cytogenetic location: 7q36.1 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38) : 7:149,239,651-149,255,606 (from NCBI)
Zinc finger proteins (ZNFs), which bind nucleic acids, perform many key functions, the most important of which is regulating transcription. See ZNF91 (603971) for general information on ZNFs.
Becker et al. (1997) reported the cloning of a C2H2-type, or Kruppel-related (see 602187), zinc finger protein from a human hippocampus cDNA library. The partial cDNA, designated C2H2-150, encodes a predicted 356-amino acid protein, with 4 C-terminal C2H2 zinc finger motifs and an N-terminal Kruppel-associated box (KRAB).
By PCR of somatic cell hybrids, Becker et al. (1997) mapped the gene encoding C2H2-150 to 7q36.1.
Becker, K. G., Nagle, J. W., Canning, R. D., Dehejia, A. M., Polymeropoulos, M. H., Gado, A. M., Biddison, W. E., Drew, P. D. Molecular cloning and mapping of a novel human KRAB domain-containing C2H2-type zinc finger to chromosome 7q36.1. Genomics 41: 502-504, 1997. [PubMed: 9169157] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1006/geno.1997.4678]