ZBTB22
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Also known as BING1ZNF297AfruitlessfruZBTB22A
Summary
ZBTB22 (zinc finger and BTB domain containing 22, HGNC:13085) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 6p21.32, encoding Zinc finger and BTB domain-containing protein 22 (O15209). May be involved in transcriptional regulation.
Enables sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to be located in chromatin.
Source: NCBI Gene 9278 — RefSeq curated summary.
At a glance
- GWAS associations: 3
- Clinical variants (ClinVar): 33 total
- MANE Select transcript:
NM_005453
Identifiers
Gene identifiers
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| HGNC ID | HGNC:13085 |
| Approved symbol | ZBTB22 |
| Name | zinc finger and BTB domain containing 22 |
| Location | 6p21.32 |
| Locus type | gene with protein product |
| Status | Approved |
| Aliases | BING1, ZNF297A, fruitless, fru, ZBTB22A |
| Ensembl gene | ENSG00000236104 |
| Ensembl biotype | protein_coding |
| OMIM | 611439 |
| Entrez | 9278 |
Gene structure
Transcript identifiers
Ensembl transcripts: 6 — 6 protein_coding
ENST00000431845, ENST00000441117, ENST00000898257, ENST00000898258, ENST00000913337, ENST00000913338
RefSeq mRNA: 2 — MANE Select: NM_005453
NM_001145338, NM_005453
CCDS: CCDS4775
Canonical transcript exons
ENST00000383196 — 0 exons
Expression profiles
Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 133 present calls, max score 84.96.
FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 5.7179 / max 54.1666, expressed in 1743 samples.
FANTOM5 promoters (1 alternative TSS)
| Promoter ID | TPM avg | Samples expressed |
|---|---|---|
| 73150 | 5.7179 | 1743 |
Top tissues by expression
134 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):
| Tissue | Anatomy ID | Expression score | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| apex of heart | UBERON:0002098 | 84.96 | gold quality |
| granulocyte | CL:0000094 | 84.81 | gold quality |
| right adrenal gland | UBERON:0001233 | 84.52 | gold quality |
| right adrenal gland cortex | UBERON:0035827 | 84.46 | gold quality |
| skin of abdomen | UBERON:0001416 | 84.17 | gold quality |
| leukocyte | CL:0000738 | 84.14 | gold quality |
| monocyte | CL:0000576 | 84.12 | gold quality |
| left adrenal gland | UBERON:0001234 | 84.04 | gold quality |
| cortical plate | UBERON:0005343 | 83.99 | gold quality |
| lower esophagus mucosa | UBERON:0035834 | 83.99 | gold quality |
| left adrenal gland cortex | UBERON:0035825 | 83.90 | gold quality |
| zone of skin | UBERON:0000014 | 83.79 | gold quality |
| ganglionic eminence | UBERON:0004023 | 83.73 | gold quality |
| skin of leg | UBERON:0001511 | 83.62 | gold quality |
| descending thoracic aorta | UBERON:0002345 | 83.55 | gold quality |
| stromal cell of endometrium | CL:0002255 | 83.52 | gold quality |
| ectocervix | UBERON:0012249 | 83.52 | gold quality |
| popliteal artery | UBERON:0002250 | 83.50 | gold quality |
| tibial artery | UBERON:0007610 | 83.50 | gold quality |
| primordial germ cell in gonad | CL:0000670 ∩ UBERON:0000991 | 83.42 | gold quality |
| blood | UBERON:0000178 | 83.24 | gold quality |
| right frontal lobe | UBERON:0002810 | 83.21 | gold quality |
| thoracic aorta | UBERON:0001515 | 83.16 | gold quality |
| ascending aorta | UBERON:0001496 | 83.08 | gold quality |
| male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testis | CL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:0000473 | 83.04 | gold quality |
| left uterine tube | UBERON:0001303 | 83.04 | gold quality |
| islet of Langerhans | UBERON:0000006 | 82.94 | gold quality |
| left lobe of thyroid gland | UBERON:0001120 | 82.92 | gold quality |
| adrenal gland | UBERON:0002369 | 82.91 | gold quality |
| olfactory segment of nasal mucosa | UBERON:0005386 | 82.91 | gold quality |
Single-cell (SCXA)
Detected in 2 experiment(s), a significant marker in 0.
| Experiment | Marker? | Max mean expression |
|---|---|---|
| E-MTAB-7303 | no | 19.36 |
| E-ANND-3 | no | 0.45 |
Regulation
Is transcription factor: yes
Downstream targets (CollecTRI)
2 targets.
| Target | Regulation |
|---|---|
| AMY2A | |
| ZBTB22 |
Upstream regulators (CollecTRI, top): ZBTB22
miRNA regulators (miRDB)
61 targeting ZBTB22, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):
| miRNA | Max score | Avg score | miRNA target_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| HSA-MIR-4283 | 100.00 | 66.42 | 2097 |
| HSA-MIR-4476 | 100.00 | 68.18 | 2030 |
| HSA-MIR-6876-5P | 100.00 | 67.68 | 2126 |
| HSA-MIR-146A-5P | 99.96 | 68.93 | 988 |
| HSA-MIR-146B-5P | 99.96 | 69.13 | 977 |
| HSA-MIR-548AJ-3P | 99.96 | 73.38 | 5345 |
| HSA-MIR-548X-3P | 99.96 | 73.38 | 5345 |
| HSA-MIR-4666A-3P | 99.96 | 71.71 | 3434 |
| HSA-MIR-6755-5P | 99.95 | 65.59 | 464 |
| HSA-MIR-7153-5P | 99.94 | 68.89 | 1006 |
| HSA-MIR-548J-3P | 99.94 | 72.61 | 4881 |
| HSA-MIR-381-3P | 99.93 | 71.87 | 2854 |
| HSA-MIR-548AE-3P | 99.93 | 72.66 | 4867 |
| HSA-MIR-548AH-3P | 99.93 | 72.54 | 4872 |
| HSA-MIR-548AM-3P | 99.93 | 72.54 | 4872 |
| HSA-MIR-548AQ-3P | 99.93 | 72.66 | 4867 |
| HSA-MIR-300 | 99.92 | 71.76 | 2856 |
| HSA-MIR-95-5P | 99.89 | 72.17 | 3973 |
| HSA-MIR-548D-3P | 99.87 | 70.67 | 4362 |
| HSA-MIR-548BB-3P | 99.86 | 70.58 | 4354 |
| HSA-MIR-548AC | 99.84 | 70.77 | 4351 |
| HSA-MIR-548H-3P | 99.84 | 70.80 | 4349 |
| HSA-MIR-548Z | 99.84 | 70.80 | 4349 |
| HSA-MIR-1299 | 99.77 | 71.24 | 2389 |
| HSA-MIR-4645-3P | 99.76 | 69.33 | 993 |
| HSA-MIR-1208 | 99.70 | 68.28 | 1533 |
| HSA-MIR-7-5P | 99.67 | 70.53 | 1809 |
| HSA-MIR-6715B-5P | 99.64 | 69.63 | 1420 |
| HSA-MIR-4756-3P | 99.62 | 66.30 | 1319 |
| HSA-MIR-4269 | 99.55 | 69.89 | 1373 |
Cross-species orthologs
4 orthologs
| Organism | Symbol | Gene ID |
|---|---|---|
| danio_rerio | zbtb22b | ENSDARG00000003251 |
| danio_rerio | zbtb22a | ENSDARG00000020176 |
| mus_musculus | Zbtb22 | ENSMUSG00000051390 |
| rattus_norvegicus | Zbtb22 | ENSRNOG00000000476 |
Paralogs (5): ZBTB8A (ENSG00000160062), ZBTB10 (ENSG00000205189), ZBTB9 (ENSG00000213588), C17orf113 (ENSG00000267221), ZBTB8B (ENSG00000273274)
Protein
Protein identifiers
Zinc finger and BTB domain-containing protein 22 — O15209 (reviewed: O15209)
Alternative names: Protein BING1, Zinc finger and BTB domain-containing protein 22A, Zinc finger protein 297
All UniProt accessions (3): A0A1U9X8V3, A2AB93, O15209
UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →
Function. May be involved in transcriptional regulation.
Subcellular location. Nucleus.
Similarity. Belongs to the krueppel C2H2-type zinc-finger protein family.
RefSeq proteins (2): NP_001138810, NP_005444* (*=MANE)
Domains & families (InterPro)
| ID | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| IPR000210 | BTB/POZ_dom | Domain |
| IPR011333 | SKP1/BTB/POZ_sf | Homologous_superfamily |
| IPR013087 | Znf_C2H2_type | Domain |
| IPR036236 | Znf_C2H2_sf | Homologous_superfamily |
| IPR050457 | ZnFinger_BTB_dom_contain | Family |
Pfam: PF00096, PF00651
UniProt features (17 total): compositionally biased region 6, zinc finger region 3, region of interest 3, sequence variant 2, chain 1, domain 1, modified residue 1
Structure
Experimental structures (PDB)
0 structures.
Predicted structure (AlphaFold)
| Model | pLDDT | Fraction very-high |
|---|---|---|
| AF-O15209-F1 | 52.54 | 0.01 |
Functional residue map
Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.
Post-translational modifications (1): 202
Function
Pathways and Gene Ontology
Reactome pathways
0 pathways
MSigDB gene sets: 138 (showing top):
MORF_MSH3, MORF_BRCA1, MORF_ATRX, GRAESSMANN_APOPTOSIS_BY_DOXORUBICIN_DN, GRAESSMANN_RESPONSE_TO_MC_AND_DOXORUBICIN_DN, AP2_Q3, MORF_ESR1, FOXO1_01, YY1_Q6, YY1_02, HFH8_01, HFH4_01, MORF_RAP1A, HFH1_01, SOX5_01
GO Biological Process (1): regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)
GO Molecular Function (7): RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978), DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981), DNA binding (GO:0003677), zinc ion binding (GO:0008270), sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837), protein binding (GO:0005515), metal ion binding (GO:0046872)
GO Cellular Component (2): chromatin (GO:0000785), nucleus (GO:0005634)
GO top-level categories
Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:
| Category | Terms |
|---|---|
| RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding | 2 |
| regulation of DNA-templated transcription | 1 |
| transcription by RNA polymerase II | 1 |
| cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding | 1 |
| chromatin | 1 |
| DNA-binding transcription factor activity | 1 |
| regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II | 1 |
| nucleic acid binding | 1 |
| transition metal ion binding | 1 |
| double-stranded DNA binding | 1 |
| sequence-specific DNA binding | 1 |
| binding | 1 |
| cation binding | 1 |
| chromosome | 1 |
| cellular anatomical structure | 1 |
| intracellular membrane-bounded organelle | 1 |
Protein interactions and networks
STRING
572 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):
| Protein A | Protein B | Partner UniProt | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZBTB22 | FBP2 | O00757 | 952 |
| ZBTB22 | TAPBP | O15533 | 884 |
| ZBTB22 | FBP1 | P09467 | 811 |
| ZBTB22 | LGALS4 | P56470 | 662 |
| ZBTB22 | HDAC1 | Q13547 | 516 |
| ZBTB22 | KLHL18 | O94889 | 422 |
| ZBTB22 | PDZD2 | O15018 | 413 |
| ZBTB22 | DAXX | Q9UER7 | 368 |
| ZBTB22 | HSD17B8 | Q92506 | 363 |
| ZBTB22 | MSL2 | Q9HCI7 | 357 |
| ZBTB22 | VPS52 | Q8N1B4 | 353 |
| ZBTB22 | KIFC1 | Q9BW19 | 349 |
| ZBTB22 | DSCAM | O60469 | 348 |
| ZBTB22 | WDR97 | A6NE52 | 331 |
| ZBTB22 | C11orf65 | Q8NCR3 | 322 |
IntAct
56 interactions, top by confidence:
| A | B | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZBTB22 | MCRS1 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.720 |
| ZBTB22 | GABARAPL1 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.600 |
| ZBTB22 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 | |
| ZBTB22 | FXR2 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 |
| PIN1 | ZBTB22 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 |
| RBM39 | ZBTB22 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 |
| ZBTB22 | MLLT6 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 |
| FXR2 | ZBTB22 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 |
| ZBTB22 | PIN1 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 |
| ZBTB22 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 | |
| MLLT6 | ZBTB22 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 |
| ZBTB22 | SCS2 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 |
| EMG1 | ZBTB22 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 |
| ZBTB22 | TCEA2 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 |
| ZBTB22 | MEMO1 | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 |
| ZBTB22 | VAPA | psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association) | 0.560 |
BioGRID (24): ZBTB22 (Two-hybrid), ZBTB22 (Two-hybrid), ZBTB22 (Two-hybrid), FXR2 (Two-hybrid), RBM39 (Two-hybrid), MCRS1 (Two-hybrid), ZBTB22 (Two-hybrid), ZBTB22 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZBTB22 (Two-hybrid), ZBTB22 (Two-hybrid), UBQLN4 (Two-hybrid), ZBTB22 (Two-hybrid), ZBTB22 (Two-hybrid), ZBTB22 (Two-hybrid), ZBTB22 (Two-hybrid)
ESM2 similar proteins: A0JNJ4, A4IHR5, A6H7J1, A7UKY7, D4AE48, E9Q9M8, O15209, O35615, O75081, O95785, P03966, P04198, P39881, P49796, P52746, Q01101, Q1LY51, Q29RS4, Q32KV8, Q4KLY2, Q505G8, Q5T6C5, Q5TJE2, Q61976, Q62511, Q63379, Q63ZV0, Q6AY75, Q6NUJ5, Q6NV74, Q6P0F9, Q7T3H2, Q8BG80, Q8CDC7, Q8CE64, Q8IX07, Q8N554, Q8R4U1, Q96C00, Q96JP5
Diamond homologs: A0JN76, A1L2U9, A1YEX3, A1YPR0, A2AAX3, B1WAZ8, B1WBS3, B1WBU4, B2RXF5, D3ZA50, O14867, O15062, O15156, O15209, O43167, O43298, O43829, O88282, O88939, O93567, O95365, P24278, P41182, P41183, P52739, P97302, P97303, Q08376, Q0IH98, Q0IJ29, Q0P4X6, Q0VCJ6, Q13105, Q14526, Q1H9T6, Q1L8W0, Q2T9Z7, Q3B725, Q3B7N9, Q3SWU4
SIGNOR signaling
0 interactions.
Disease & clinical
Clinical variants and AI predictions
ClinVar
33 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):
| Classification | Count (floor) |
|---|---|
| Pathogenic | 0 |
| Likely pathogenic | 0 |
| Uncertain significance | 32 |
| Likely benign | 0 |
| Benign | 0 |
Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)
SpliceAI
343 predictions. Top by Δscore:
| Variant | Effect | Δscore |
|---|---|---|
| 6:33315446:C:CT | acceptor_gain | 0.9900 |
| 6:33315446:C:T | acceptor_gain | 0.9900 |
| 6:33316984:CT:C | acceptor_gain | 0.9900 |
| 6:33316986:C:CC | acceptor_gain | 0.9900 |
| 6:33317742:C:CA | donor_gain | 0.9900 |
| 6:33316984:CTCTG:C | acceptor_loss | 0.9800 |
| 6:33316985:TCT:T | acceptor_loss | 0.9800 |
| 6:33316986:C:A | acceptor_loss | 0.9800 |
| 6:33316981:GGTCT:G | acceptor_gain | 0.9700 |
| 6:33317827:A:AC | donor_gain | 0.9700 |
| 6:33317828:C:CC | donor_gain | 0.9700 |
| 6:33316982:GTCT:G | acceptor_gain | 0.9600 |
| 6:33317838:TCGGC:T | donor_gain | 0.9600 |
| 6:33317839:CGGCC:C | donor_gain | 0.9600 |
| 6:33317897:T:TA | donor_gain | 0.9600 |
| 6:33317873:T:A | donor_gain | 0.9500 |
| 6:33317781:G:GA | donor_gain | 0.9300 |
| 6:33317814:G:A | donor_gain | 0.9300 |
| 6:33317687:A:AC | donor_gain | 0.9200 |
| 6:33317688:C:CC | donor_gain | 0.9200 |
| 6:33317864:TCGCC:T | donor_gain | 0.8900 |
| 6:33315442:TTCCC:T | acceptor_gain | 0.8600 |
| 6:33317849:G:A | donor_gain | 0.8400 |
| 6:33317706:A:AT | donor_gain | 0.8200 |
| 6:33317824:A:AC | donor_gain | 0.8100 |
| 6:33317845:CT:C | donor_gain | 0.8100 |
| 6:33317846:TT:T | donor_gain | 0.8100 |
| 6:33317847:TT:T | donor_gain | 0.8100 |
| 6:33315579:C:A | donor_gain | 0.7900 |
| 6:33315443:T:G | acceptor_gain | 0.7800 |
AlphaMissense
0 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:
dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1003670609 (6:33318089 GC>G), RS1003885439 (6:33314867 G>A), RS1004961832 (6:33317351 C>T), RS1006445996 (6:33319369 CTTG>C), RS1007233410 (6:33318444 A>G,T), RS1008207136 (6:33317183 G>A), RS1008675216 (6:33318917 T>A,G), RS1008707649 (6:33318470 G>A), RS1009764976 (6:33314401 G>A), RS1010089014 (6:33319899 G>A), RS1010652170 (6:33318365 G>A,C), RS1011650765 (6:33316922 G>A,C), RS1012393568 (6:33317811 C>T), RS1012901442 (6:33318055 T>C,G), RS1013447009 (6:33315875 C>T)
Disease associations
OMIM: gene MIM:611439 | disease phenotypes:
GenCC curated gene-disease
Mondo (0):
Orphanet (0):
HPO phenotypes
0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):
GWAS associations
3 associations (top):
| Study | Trait | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| GCST004521_251 | Autism spectrum disorder or schizophrenia | 6.000000e-12 |
| GCST004521_287 | Autism spectrum disorder or schizophrenia | 5.000000e-08 |
| GCST011122_57 | Walking pace | 5.000000e-08 |
Drugs & pharmacology
Drug and pharmacology data
Is drug target: no
PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)
PharmGKB clinical annotations
1 annotations.
| Variant | Type | Level | Drugs | Phenotypes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rs3130100 | Toxicity | 3 | aspirin | Aspirin-induced asthma;Asthma |
PharmGKB variants
1 variants.
| Variant | Genes | Level | Score | #Clin annots | Drugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rs3130100 | TAPBP, ZBTB22 | 3 | 3.00 | 1 | aspirin |
CTD chemical–gene interactions
27 total (human), top 27 by PubMed support.
| Chemical | Actions (top 5) | PubMed papers |
|---|---|---|
| Valproic Acid | decreases expression, affects expression, affects cotreatment | 4 |
| Air Pollutants | affects cotreatment, increases abundance, increases oxidation, affects methylation | 2 |
| aristolochic acid I | decreases expression | 1 |
| FR900359 | increases phosphorylation | 1 |
| triphenyl phosphate | affects expression | 1 |
| alpha-pinene | affects cotreatment, increases oxidation, increases abundance | 1 |
| methacrylaldehyde | affects cotreatment, increases oxidation, increases abundance | 1 |
| CGP 52608 | affects binding, increases reaction | 1 |
| 4-(5-benzo(1,3)dioxol-5-yl-4-pyridin-2-yl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)benzamide | affects cotreatment, decreases expression | 1 |
| Grape Seed Proanthocyanidins | affects cotreatment, increases expression | 1 |
| dorsomorphin | affects cotreatment, decreases expression | 1 |
| Resveratrol | affects cotreatment, decreases expression | 1 |
| Acrolein | affects cotreatment, increases oxidation, increases abundance | 1 |
| Arsenic | affects methylation | 1 |
| Atrazine | increases expression | 1 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | affects methylation | 1 |
| Catechin | affects cotreatment, increases expression | 1 |
| Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene | decreases expression | 1 |
| Estradiol | affects expression | 1 |
| Niclosamide | increases expression | 1 |
| Ozone | affects cotreatment, increases oxidation, increases abundance | 1 |
| Plant Extracts | affects cotreatment, decreases expression | 1 |
| Tamoxifen | decreases expression | 1 |
| Urethane | decreases expression | 1 |
| Cadmium Chloride | increases expression | 1 |
| Particulate Matter | affects methylation, increases abundance | 1 |
| Volatile Organic Compounds | affects cotreatment, increases oxidation | 1 |
Clinical trials (associated diseases)
0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.
Related Atlas pages
No linked Atlas pages yet — the cross-entity mesh grows as the corpus expands.