Zinc finger protein 184, also known as ZNF184, is a
protein
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that in humans is encoded by the ''ZNF184''
gene
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on chromosome 6. It was first identified by Goldwurm ''et al.'' in 1996.
The
National Center for Biotechnology Information
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(NCBI) Gene database entry
for ''ZNF184'' identifies conserved domains KRAB_A (
Krüppel associated box
The Krüppel associated box (KRAB) domain is a category of transcriptional repression domains present in approximately 400 human zinc finger protein-based transcription factors (KRAB zinc finger proteins). The KRAB domain typically consists of a ...
) near the
N-terminus and Zn-finger (
Zinc finger
A zinc finger is a small protein structural motif that is characterized by the coordination of one or more zinc ions (Zn2+) in order to stabilize the fold. It was originally coined to describe the finger-like appearance of a hypothesized struct ...
) at the
C-terminus of the translated protein. The former is associated with transcription repression
and the latter with DNA binding (see
Zinc finger
A zinc finger is a small protein structural motif that is characterized by the coordination of one or more zinc ions (Zn2+) in order to stabilize the fold. It was originally coined to describe the finger-like appearance of a hypothesized struct ...
).
Domains and Structure
The figure below is a reformatted and annotated conceptual translation display of ''ZNF184s Consensus CDS.
CCDS displays exons in alternating black and blue font, with red indicating a residue coded across a splice boundary.
ZNF184 has 19 zinc finger motifs at the end of its final and longest exon. The figure shows regularity among the fingers in this protein, including the 2 columns of green-highlighted Cysteine residues and the 2 columns of blue-highlighted His residues which are the reason this type of zinc finger is called C2H2. Light grey highlighted columns (one with all F; one with mostly L, and F substitutions) are highly conserved ''hydrophobic'' residues within the zinc finger motif. The other light grey highlighted column (mostly K, with a similar R substitution) is an example of fairly strong conservation in the coil sections connecting adjacent fingers.
Near the N-terminus is a KRAB_A domain followed by a KRAB_B domain. KRAB_A has a shorter α-Helix followed by a longer α-Helix. The KRAB_A motif in a zinc finger protein is known to bind with a KAP-1 protein (aka
TRIM28
Tripartite motif-containing 28 (TRIM28), also known as transcriptional intermediary factor 1β (TIF1β) and KAP1 (KRAB-associated protein-1), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''TRIM28'' gene.
Function
The protein encoded by this ge ...
) to accomplish a transcription repressor function, however a gene so regulated by ZNF184 has yet to be identified. The length-11 finger helices are indicated, as well as the overlapping 7-residue section in each finger which binds targeted DNA (if the finger is functioning).
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