ZNF737
Zinc finger protein 737
Also known as: ZN737_HUMAN, ZNF102
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- O75373
- Gene
- ZNF737
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000237440
- Chromosome
- 19
- Canonical length
- 536 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors
OverviewNCBI Gene
Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of DNA-templated transcription. Predicted to be located in nucleus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
536 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>O75373|ZNF737
1 MGPLQFRDVA IEFSLEEWHC LDTAQRNLYR NVMLENYRNL VFLGIVVSKP DLITCLEQGK
61 KPLTMKKHEM VANPSVTCSH FARDLWPEQS IKDSFQKVTL RRYENYGHDN LQFKKGCESV
121 DECKVHKRGY NGLNQYLTTT QSKIFQCDKY VKVIHKFSNS NRHKIRHTGK KPFKCIECGK
181 AFNQSSTLTT HKKIHTGEKP FKCEECGKAF NWSSHLTTHK RIHTGEKRYK CEDCGKAFSR
241 FSYLTAHKII HSGEKPYKCE ECGKAFKRSS NLTTHKIIHT GEKPYKCEEC GKAFKRSSIL
301 TAHKIIHSGE KPYKCEECGK AFKHPSVLTT HKRIHTGEKP YKCEECGRAF KYFSSLTTHK
361 IIHSGEKPYK CEECGKAFNW SSHLTTHKRI HTGEKPYKCE ECGEAFKYSS SLTTHKIIHT
421 GQQPFKCEEC GKAFKCFSIL TTHKRIHTGE KPYKCEECGK AFNSSSHLTA HKRIHTGEKP
481 YKCERCGKAF KRSFILTRHK RIHTGEKPYK CEECGKGFKC PSTLTTHKVI HTGEKLLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against ZNF737 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
- 36 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- thyroid gland: 36 nTPM
- ovary: 27 nTPM
- thymus: 19 nTPM
- lymph node: 16 nTPM
- tonsil: 14 nTPM
- breast: 13 nTPM
Single-cell type
- corticotrophs: 61 nCPM
- brain inhibitory neurons: 42 nCPM
- granulosa cells: 41 nCPM
- papillary tip epithelial cells: 38 nCPM
- thyrotrophs: 36 nCPM
- podocytes: 34 nCPM
Immune cell
- naive B-cell: 9.1 nTPM
- memory B-cell: 7.9 nTPM
- memory CD8 T-cell: 6.7 nTPM
- naive CD4 T-cell: 6.4 nTPM
- memory CD4 T-cell: 5.9 nTPM
- T-reg: 5.3 nTPM
Brain region
- basal ganglia: 65 nTPM
- white matter: 55 nTPM
- cerebellum: 55 nTPM
- hypothalamus: 50 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 48 nTPM
- hippocampal formation: 45 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)
- 1.8
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- -1.43
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0.09
- DepMap dependency class
- selective
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 cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
- zinc ion binding
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
KeywordsUniProt
Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis
Seroatlas reads ZNF737 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against ZNF737 could matter depends on whether native ZNF737 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
ZNF737 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 ZNF737 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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