Protein Name zinc finger protein X-linked
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 7543
Gene Symbol

ZFX

UniProt P17010 (ZFX_HUMAN), A0A024RC04 (A0A024RC04_HUMAN), Q8WXB7 (Q8WXB7_HUMAN), Q59EB9 (Q59EB9_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 21
Total Number of Articles : 17
Description

zinc finger protein X-linked

Gene Summary

This gene on the X chromosome is structurally similar to a related gene on the Y chromosome. It encodes a member of the krueppel C2H2-type zinc-finger protein family. The full-length protein contains an acidic transcriptional activation domain (AD), a nuclear localization sequence (NLS) and a DNA binding domain (DBD) consisting of 13 C2H2-type zinc fingers. Studies in mouse embryonic and adult hematopoietic stem cells showed that this gene was required as a transcriptional regulator for self-renewal of both stem cell types, but it was dispensable for growth and differentiation of their progeny. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified, but the full-length nature of some variants has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, May 2010]

synonyms
  • zinc finger X-chromosomal protein
  • X-linked zinc finger protein
  • MRXS37
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Properties