ZNF212
Zinc finger protein 212
Also known as: C2H2-150, ZN212_HUMAN
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q9UDV6
- Gene
- ZNF212
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000170260
- Chromosome
- 7
- Canonical length
- 495 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors
- Subcellular location
- Nucleoplasm
OverviewNCBI Gene
This gene belongs to the C2H2-type zinc finger gene family. The zinc finger proteins are involved in gene regulation and development, and are quite conserved throughout evolution. Like this gene product, a third of the zinc finger proteins containing C2H2 fingers also contain the KRAB domain, which has been found to be involved in protein-protein interactions. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
495 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q9UDV6|ZNF212
1 MAESAPARHR RKRRSTPLTS STLPSQATEK SSYFQTTEIS LWTVVAAIQA VEKKMESQAA
61 RLQSLEGRTG TAEKKLADCE KMAVEFGNQL EGKWAVLGTL LQEYGLLQRR LENVENLLRN
121 RNFWILRLPP GSKGEAPKVS RSLENDGVCF TEQEWENLED WQKELYRNVM ESNYETLVSL
181 KVLGQTEGEA ELGTEMLGDL EEEGPGGAHP AGGVMIKQEL QYTQEGPADL PGEFSCIAEE
241 QAFLSPEQTE LWGGQGSSVL LETGPGDSTL EEPVGSRVPS SSRTVGCPKQ KSHRQVQLDQ
301 ECGQGLKLKK DTSRPYECSE CEITFRYKQQ LATHLRSHSG WGSCTPEEPE ESLRPRPRLK
361 PQTKKAKLHQ CDVCLRSFSC KVSLVTHQRC HLQEGPSAGQ HVQERFSPNS LVALPGHIPW
421 RKSRSSLICG YCGKSFSHPS DLVRHQRIHT GERPYSCTEC EKSFVQKQHL LQHQKIHQRE
481 RGGLALEPGR PNGLLLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against ZNF212 can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.
- Antibody reachability
- Intracellular
- Secreted
- No
- Transmembrane segments
- 0
- Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
- 0.6
- Highest tissue expression
- 14 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- esophagus: 14 nTPM
- testis: 12 nTPM
- bone marrow: 12 nTPM
- skin: 10 nTPM
- spleen: 10 nTPM
- liver: 10 nTPM
Single-cell type
- esophageal apical cells: 111 nCPM
- syncytiotrophoblasts: 47 nCPM
- differentiating spermatogonia: 39 nCPM
- endometrial glandular cells: 33 nCPM
- endometrial ciliated cells: 31 nCPM
- myonuclei: 30 nCPM
Immune cell
- NK-cell: 8.3 nTPM
- eosinophil: 7.6 nTPM
- naive CD4 T-cell: 6.4 nTPM
- T-reg: 6 nTPM
- naive CD8 T-cell: 5.6 nTPM
- gdT-cell: 5 nTPM
Brain region
- medulla oblongata: 8.9 nTPM
- cerebellum: 8.8 nTPM
- white matter: 8.7 nTPM
- pons: 8.5 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 8.2 nTPM
- midbrain: 8.1 nTPM
Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap
Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.
- gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
- 0.99
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- 0.61
- DepMap mean gene effect
- -0.15
- DepMap dependency class
- selective
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 11% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- dendrite development
- general adaptation syndrome, behavioral process
- neuromuscular process controlling balance
- neuron apoptotic process
- positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
- regulation of DNA-templated transcription
- regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
- response to alcohol
- walking behavior
Molecular functions
- DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
- DNA-binding transcription factor activity
- identical protein binding
- RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
- zinc ion binding
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of ZNF212 in the human serome: UniProt-annotated complex subunits plus reported interactors. Each links to its own Seroatlas record.
Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis
Seroatlas reads ZNF212 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against ZNF212 could matter depends on whether native ZNF212 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
ZNF212 is annotated as predominantly intracellular. Intracellular proteins are common autoantibody markers, becoming visible to the immune system after cell injury or altered processing, but are usually markers of disease rather than direct drivers.
Annotation status
The present source text does not explicitly label ZNF212 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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