ZNF560
Zinc finger protein 560
Also known as: FLJ31986, ZN560_HUMAN
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q96MR9
- Gene
- ZNF560
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000198028
- Chromosome
- 19
- Canonical length
- 790 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors
- Subcellular location
- Nucleoplasm,Nuclear speckles
OverviewNCBI Gene
Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to be active in nucleus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
790 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q96MR9|ZNF560
1 MAYCLTNCYQ YSVTFEDTAV DFTQEEWILL DPVQRNLYRD VMLENYENVA KVGFQLFKPS
61 VISWLEEEEL RTLQQGVLQD WAIKHQTSVS ALQQEFWKIQ TSNGIQMDLV TFDSVAVEFT
121 QEEWTLLDPA QRNLYSDVML ENYKNLSSVG YQLFKPSLIS WLEEEEELST LPRVLQEWKM
181 CLKTKGPALW QDNFCLKTLN GIQLARNQNG EELYDCKQCE DVFCKHPCLK TNMSTQNRGN
241 TSECIQYAKD LLSLYNKTST IRKVSVFSKH GKSFRLILNV QVQRKCTQDK SFEGTDYGKA
301 FIYQSYLEAH RKTQSGEKLN EWKQCGEAFT HSTSHAVNVE THIIKNPYEC KECGKDFRYP
361 THLNNHMQTH IGIKPYKCKH CGKTFTVPSG FLEHVRTHTG EKPYGCKECG KAFGTSAGLI
421 EHIRCHAREK TFKCDHCGKA FISYPSLFGH LRVHNGEKPY EHKEYGKAFG TSSGVIEDRR
481 SNTGQKRFDC DQCGKVFVSF SSLFAHLRTH TGEKPFKCYK CGKPFTSSAC LRIHMRTHTE
541 ERLYQCKKCG KAFTKCSYLT KHLRTHAGEK PYECMKCGKA FTERSYLTKH LRRHSGEKPY
601 ECKKCGKAFT ERSDLTKHLR RHTGDKPYEY KDCGKAFVVS SSLVDHLRTH TGYKPYKCNA
661 CEKAYSRSCV LTQHLKTHAA EKTSECNACG NSFRNSMCFH DRLKTLTKIK PYKCKDCGKA
721 FTCHSDLTNH VRIHTGEKPY KCKECGKAFR TSSGRIQHLR THMGEKPFEC DQCGKAFASF
781 SARIAHLKTHLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against ZNF560 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)
- 0.43
- Highest tissue expression
- 5.8 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- testis: 5.8 nTPM
- retina: 1.9 nTPM
- placenta: 0.7 nTPM
- adipose tissue: 0 nTPM
- adrenal gland: 0 nTPM
- amygdala: 0 nTPM
Single-cell type
- late primary spermatocytes: 86 nCPM
- early spermatids: 62 nCPM
- oocytes: 51 nCPM
- early primary spermatocytes: 23 nCPM
- sertoli cells: 23 nCPM
- differentiating spermatogonia: 18 nCPM
Immune cell
- basophil: 0 nTPM
- classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
- eosinophil: 0 nTPM
- gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
- intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM
- MAIT T-cell: 0 nTPM
Brain region
- cerebral cortex: 0.2 nTPM
- amygdala: 0.1 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 0.1 nTPM
- cerebellum: 0.1 nTPM
- hippocampal formation: 0.1 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 0.1 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)
- 1.1
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- -0.33
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0.06
- DepMap dependency class
- none
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 4% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
- regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
Molecular functions
- DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
- RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
- zinc ion binding
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
KeywordsUniProt
Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis
Seroatlas reads ZNF560 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against ZNF560 could matter depends on whether native ZNF560 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
ZNF560 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 ZNF560 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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