HGNC Approved Gene Symbol: ZNF180
Cytogenetic location: 19q13.31 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38) : 19:44,474,431-44,500,522 (from NCBI)
Zinc finger proteins have been shown to interact with nucleic acids and to have diverse functions. The zinc finger domain is a conserved amino acid sequence motif containing 2 specifically positioned cysteines and 2 histidines that are involved in coordinating zinc. Kruppel-related proteins form 1 family of zinc finger proteins. See 604749 for additional information on zinc finger proteins.
By screening a human fetal heart cDNA library with a degenerate oligonucleotide based on the consensus sequence of the C2H2 zinc finger domain, Wang et al. (1996) cloned 2 novel zinc finger cDNAs, designated ZNF180 and ZNF181 (606741).
By FISH, Wang et al. (1996) mapped the ZNF180 and ZNF181 genes within a cluster of zinc finger genes on chromosome 19q13.2.
Wang, R., Cukerman, E., Heng, H. H. Q., Liew, C.-C. Identification of a locus of zinc finger genes in human chromosome 19q13.1-q13.3 region by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Somat. Cell Molec. Genet. 22: 245-248, 1996. [PubMed: 8914611] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02369916]