ZNF614
Zinc finger protein 614
Also known as: FLJ21941, ZN614_HUMAN
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q8N883
- Gene
- ZNF614
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000142556
- Chromosome
- 19
- Canonical length
- 585 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors
- Subcellular location
- Nucleoplasm,Vesicles,Cytosol
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
585 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q8N883|ZNF614
1 MIKTQESLTL EDVAVEFSWE EWQLLDTAQK NLYRDVMVEN YNHLVSLGYQ TSKPDVLSKL
61 AHGQEPWTTD AKIQNKNCPG IGKVDSHLQE HSPNQRLLKS VQQCNGQNTL RNIVHLSKTH
121 FPIVQNHDTF DLYRKNLKSS LSLINQKRRH GINNPVEFIG GEKTLLHGKH ERTHTKTRFS
181 ENAKCIHTKF QVFKHQRTQK IEKPHACIEC EQTFLRKSQL IYHENICIQE NPGSGQCEKL
241 SRSVLFTKHL KTNTTDKICI PNEYRKGSTV KSSLITHQQT HTEEKSYMCS ECGKGFTMKR
301 YLIAHQRTHS GEKPYVCKEC GKGFTVKSNL IVHQRTHTGE KPYICSECGK GFTMKRYLVV
361 HQRTHTGEKP YMCSECGKGF TVKSNLIVHQ RSHTGEKSYI CSECGKGFTV KRTLVIHQRT
421 HTGEKSYICN ECGKGFTTKR TLIIHQRTHT GEKPYECNEC GKAFSQKICL IQHERCHTGK
481 TPFVCTECGK SYSHKYGLIT HQRIHTGEKP YECNECGKAF TTKSVLNVHQ RTHTGERPYG
541 CSDCEKAFSH LSNLVKHKKM HTREMGRISQ VENSCNGESQ LLPYKLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against ZNF614 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)
- 0.48
- Highest tissue expression
- 9.4 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- retina: 9.4 nTPM
- prostate: 8.7 nTPM
- thyroid gland: 7.9 nTPM
- ovary: 7.2 nTPM
- placenta: 7.1 nTPM
- testis: 7 nTPM
Single-cell type
- early spermatids: 73 nCPM
- late spermatids: 50 nCPM
- cardiomyocytes: 38 nCPM
- syncytiotrophoblasts: 19 nCPM
- retinal horizontal cells: 16 nCPM
- megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitors: 15 nCPM
Immune cell
- NK-cell: 6.2 nTPM
- naive CD4 T-cell: 4.8 nTPM
- MAIT T-cell: 4.4 nTPM
- gdT-cell: 3.8 nTPM
- memory CD8 T-cell: 3.7 nTPM
- T-reg: 3.7 nTPM
Brain region
- cerebellum: 27 nTPM
- white matter: 23 nTPM
- hypothalamus: 21 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 19 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 19 nTPM
- midbrain: 19 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)
- 1.01
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- 0.27
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0.1
- DepMap dependency class
- none
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 5% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
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 ZNF614 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against ZNF614 could matter depends on whether native ZNF614 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
ZNF614 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 ZNF614 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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