ZNF318

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Also known as HRIHFB2436ZFP318

Summary

ZNF318 (zinc finger protein 318, HGNC:13578) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 6p21.1, encoding Zinc finger protein 318 (Q5VUA4). Acts as a transcriptional corepressor for AR-mediated transactivation function.

Predicted to enable protein heterodimerization activity and protein homodimerization activity. Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription and positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription. Located in cytosol and nucleoplasm.

Source: NCBI Gene 24149 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 46
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 340 total
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_014345

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:13578
Approved symbolZNF318
Namezinc finger protein 318
Location6p21.1
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesHRIHFB2436, ZFP318
Ensembl geneENSG00000171467
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM617512
Entrez24149

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 5 — 3 protein_coding, 1 nonsense_mediated_decay, 1 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined

ENST00000361428, ENST00000605935, ENST00000606599, ENST00000607252, ENST00000930865

RefSeq mRNA: 1 — MANE Select: NM_014345 NM_014345

CCDS: CCDS4895

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000361428 — 10 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000011377774333607043340502
ENSE000011377834335712643357765
ENSE000011729794334079043340908
ENSE000011729874334211243342211
ENSE000011729954334267643342879
ENSE000011730034334832443348625
ENSE000011730114335237743352476
ENSE000011730214335466443356145
ENSE000016126964336896743369647
ENSE000016816654336529243365440

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 274 present calls, max score 91.92.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 7.9862 / max 101.9156, expressed in 1726 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (6 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
736793.61481342
736801.82981121
736811.3229910
736780.9909447
2040000.2210102
736770.00683

Top tissues by expression

288 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
left testisUBERON:000453391.92gold quality
right testisUBERON:000453491.60gold quality
testisUBERON:000047391.13gold quality
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testisCL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:000047390.51gold quality
right hemisphere of cerebellumUBERON:001489086.39gold quality
primordial germ cell in gonadCL:0000670 ∩ UBERON:000099186.35gold quality
cerebellar hemisphereUBERON:000224586.32gold quality
granulocyteCL:000009486.28gold quality
cerebellar cortexUBERON:000212986.19gold quality
secondary oocyteCL:000065585.77gold quality
apex of heartUBERON:000209885.70gold quality
lymph nodeUBERON:000002985.54gold quality
sural nerveUBERON:001548885.52gold quality
endocervixUBERON:000045884.88gold quality
monocyteCL:000057684.59gold quality
body of uterusUBERON:000985384.57gold quality
leukocyteCL:000073884.53gold quality
mononuclear cellCL:000084284.43gold quality
cerebellumUBERON:000203784.23gold quality
spermCL:000001983.65gold quality
right lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000111983.64gold quality
cortical plateUBERON:000534383.52gold quality
left lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000112083.46gold quality
tibial nerveUBERON:000132383.23gold quality
ventricular zoneUBERON:000305383.11gold quality
ganglionic eminenceUBERON:000402383.03gold quality
right ovaryUBERON:000211882.79gold quality
islet of LangerhansUBERON:000000682.78gold quality
thyroid glandUBERON:000204682.61gold quality
left ovaryUBERON:000211982.60gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 1.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-ANND-3yes5.91

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

113 targeting ZNF318, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-190A-3P100.0080.355520
HSA-MIR-5011-5P100.0083.465820
HSA-MIR-30A-5P100.0076.313233
HSA-MIR-30B-5P100.0076.293248
HSA-MIR-30C-5P100.0076.293248
HSA-MIR-30D-5P100.0076.323233
HSA-MIR-30E-5P100.0076.323242
HSA-MIR-12118100.0065.881270
HSA-LET-7A-3P100.0074.033932
HSA-LET-7B-3P100.0074.083913
HSA-LET-7F-1-3P100.0074.023928
HSA-MIR-98-3P100.0074.083907
HSA-MIR-548C-3P99.9974.017587
HSA-MIR-6759-5P99.9966.54785
HSA-MIR-450099.9972.722367
HSA-MIR-513B-5P99.9969.962150
HSA-MIR-3173-3P99.9866.491217
HSA-MIR-6891-5P99.9866.531372
HSA-MIR-548N99.9871.944170
HSA-LET-7A-5P99.9872.291790
HSA-LET-7B-5P99.9872.311790
HSA-LET-7C-5P99.9872.291790
HSA-LET-7E-5P99.9872.291790
HSA-LET-7F-5P99.9872.561784
HSA-LET-7G-5P99.9872.371784
HSA-LET-7I-5P99.9872.371788
HSA-MIR-98-5P99.9872.331787
HSA-MIR-60799.9773.625593
HSA-MIR-6793-5P99.9765.95758
HSA-MIR-568899.9673.234504

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 1)

  • in the unique regulation system of AR-mediated transactivation, two spliced isoforms of TZF act as coactivator and corepressor, respectively (PMID:16446156)

Cross-species orthologs

5 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_rerioznf318ENSDARG00000090054
mus_musculusZfp318ENSMUSG00000015597
rattus_norvegicusZfp318ENSRNOG00000018741
drosophila_melanogasterCG9776FBGN0027866
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00017031

Protein

Protein identifiers

Zinc finger protein 318Q5VUA4 (reviewed: Q5VUA4)

Alternative names: Endocrine regulatory protein

All UniProt accessions (2): Q5VUA4, U3KQ37

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Acts as a transcriptional corepressor for AR-mediated transactivation function. May act as a transcriptional regulator during spermatogenesis and, in particular, during meiotic division. Acts as a transcriptional coactivator for AR-mediated transactivation function. May act as a transcriptional regulator during spermatogenesis and, in particular, during meiotic division.

Subunit / interactions. Homodimer. Heterodimer of isoform 1 and isoform 2. Isoform 1 and isoform 2 interact with AR.

Subcellular location. Nucleus.

Tissue specificity. Expressed in endocrine tissue.

Miscellaneous. May be produced at very low levels due to a premature stop codon in the mRNA, leading to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay.

Isoforms (2)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
Q5VUA4-11yes
Q5VUA4-22

RefSeq proteins (1): NP_055160* (*=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR003604Matrin/U1-like-C_Znf_C2H2Domain
IPR055309Znf318-likeFamily

UniProt features (92 total): modified residue 29, compositionally biased region 20, region of interest 16, sequence variant 8, sequence conflict 7, cross-link 4, coiled-coil region 3, zinc finger region 2, splice variant 2, chain 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q5VUA4-F141.320.05

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 (33): 40, 79, 81, 136, 173, 205, 207, 214, 464, 472, 501, 527, 842, 1010, 1037, 1243, 1267, 1420, 1713, 1856 …

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

0 pathways

MSigDB gene sets: 0 (showing top):

GO Biological Process (3): negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045892), positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893), meiotic cell cycle (GO:0051321)

GO Molecular Function (4): nucleic acid binding (GO:0003676), zinc ion binding (GO:0008270), protein homodimerization activity (GO:0042803), metal ion binding (GO:0046872)

GO Cellular Component (3): nucleoplasm (GO:0005654), cytosol (GO:0005829), nucleus (GO:0005634)

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
DNA-templated transcription2
regulation of DNA-templated transcription2
cellular anatomical structure2
negative regulation of RNA biosynthetic process1
positive regulation of RNA biosynthetic process1
cell cycle1
sexual reproduction1
reproductive process1
meiotic nuclear division1
binding1
transition metal ion binding1
identical protein binding1
protein dimerization activity1
cation binding1
nuclear lumen1
cytoplasm1
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

2428 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
ZNF318ZFP36L2P47974669
ZNF318YLPM1P49750557
ZNF318ZFP36P26651524
ZNF318PPP1CCP36873482
ZNF318ZFP36L1Q07352466
ZNF318HINFPQ9BQA5441
ZNF318SYCE3A1L190434
ZNF318ABCC10Q5T3U5417
ZNF318TEX11Q8IYF3411
ZNF318NCAPD2Q15021402
ZNF318ZFHX4Q86UP3389
ZNF318TESMINQ9Y4I5371
ZNF318CNR2P34972370
ZNF318RWDD1Q9H446357
ZNF318POU6F1Q14863330
ZNF318ZC3H15Q8WU90330

IntAct

108 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
AXIN1APCpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.850
P4HA3FAM171A2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.640
repSBNO1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
DISC1AP4M1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
CPNE2HIP1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
BAG2HGSpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
BAG4DNAJC13psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
CPSF6DDX39Apsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.480
ZNF318LRRC59psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
FHIP2BZNF318psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
DENRpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
TK2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
Cep135psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
AP4M1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
SGTBARHGAP32psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
EGLN3FAM168Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
NBEAL2HAX1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
ESR1ESYT2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
repSBNO1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CEP63CITpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CEP170FAM171A2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CEP192WASLpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CEP63CIBAR1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
DYRK1ATEX13Dpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
SF3A1HSPA8psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350

BioGRID (169): ZNF318 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZNF318 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZNF318 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZNF318 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZNF318 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZNF318 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZNF318 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZNF318 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZNF318 (Proximity Label-MS), ZNF318 (Proximity Label-MS), ZNF318 (Proximity Label-MS), ZNF318 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZNF318 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZNF318 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZNF318 (Affinity Capture-MS)

ESM2 similar proteins: A0JMU8, A5D7H5, E9Q2Z1, O15014, O15234, O43823, O70305, O75420, P48634, P61129, Q13625, Q1ECZ4, Q3UH68, Q3UIL6, Q569Z6, Q5BJ39, Q5CZI8, Q5M7V8, Q5R4R4, Q5TM26, Q5VK71, Q5VUA4, Q62415, Q68FI1, Q6IQ23, Q6MG48, Q6PJG2, Q6ZQ03, Q7TPM1, Q7TQG1, Q7TSC1, Q8AVJ2, Q8BZ47, Q8CG79, Q8K2F8, Q8K3W3, Q8K3X0, Q8N3X1, Q8ND56, Q96EV2

Diamond homologs: Q5VUA4, Q99PP2

SIGNOR signaling

2 interactions.

AEffectBMechanism
ZNF318“down-regulates activity”ARbinding
HDAC2“up-regulates activity”ZNF318binding

Enriched among interaction partners

Reactome pathways and GO biological processes over-represented among this gene’s 146 IntAct physical interaction partners (hypergeometric vs the genome-wide background, BH-FDR, gene-set size 15–500, ranked by fold). A functional readout of the neighbourhood — distinct from this gene’s own memberships above, and biased toward well-studied / hub proteins, so read it as themes rather than proof.

Reactome pathways:

PathwayPartnersFoldFDR
mRNA Splicing1315.5×4e-10
mRNA 3’-end processing715.0×3e-05
Processing of Capped Intron-Containing Pre-mRNA1412.5×7e-10
mRNA Polyadenylation1312.4×4e-09
mRNA Splicing - Minor Pathway512.2×3e-03
RNA Polymerase II Transcription Termination511.9×3e-03
mRNA Splicing - Major Pathway1911.3×1e-12
Transport of Mature mRNA derived from an Intron-Containing Transcript69.9×2e-03

GO biological processes:

GO termPartnersFoldFDR
mRNA splicing, via spliceosome1712.3×3e-11
mRNA processing106.2×2e-03

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

340 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance298
Likely benign20
Benign4

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

2386 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
6:43307610:A:ACdonor_gain1.0000
6:43307611:C:CCdonor_gain1.0000
6:43307611:CTTTT:Cdonor_gain1.0000
6:43308514:T:TAdonor_gain1.0000
6:43340498:TATTT:Tacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43340499:ATTT:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43340499:ATTTC:Aacceptor_loss1.0000
6:43340500:TTT:Tacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43340500:TTTC:Tacceptor_loss1.0000
6:43340501:TT:Tacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43340502:TC:Tacceptor_loss1.0000
6:43340503:C:CCacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43340504:T:Aacceptor_loss1.0000
6:43342216:T:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43342599:T:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43342599:T:TCacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43348635:C:CTacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43348636:A:Tacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43348638:A:ACacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43348638:A:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43348642:C:CTacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43348643:A:Tacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43348645:C:CTacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43352371:TGATA:Tdonor_loss1.0000
6:43352372:GATAC:Gdonor_loss1.0000
6:43352374:TACCT:Tdonor_loss1.0000
6:43352376:C:Adonor_loss1.0000
6:43352473:TAAC:Tacceptor_gain1.0000
6:43352478:T:Cacceptor_loss1.0000
6:43357199:T:TAdonor_gain1.0000

AlphaMissense

14852 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
6:43342187:A:GW1101R1.000
6:43342187:A:TW1101R1.000
6:43348553:A:GL948P1.000
6:43352391:A:GL919P1.000
6:43355547:A:GL596P1.000
6:43339295:A:GL1568P0.999
6:43339768:A:CF1410L0.999
6:43339768:A:TF1410L0.999
6:43339770:A:GF1410L0.999
6:43339992:A:GW1336R0.999
6:43339992:A:TW1336R0.999
6:43340459:A:GL1180P0.999
6:43340465:C:GR1178P0.999
6:43340468:C:GR1177P0.999
6:43340795:A:CY1164D0.999
6:43340871:G:CC1138W0.999
6:43340873:A:GC1138R0.999
6:43342112:C:GG1126R0.999
6:43342185:C:AW1101C0.999
6:43342185:C:GW1101C0.999
6:43342739:G:CC1071W0.999
6:43342748:G:CC1068W0.999
6:43342749:C:GC1068S0.999
6:43342750:A:GC1068R0.999
6:43342750:A:TC1068S0.999
6:43342753:A:GW1067R0.999
6:43342753:A:TW1067R0.999
6:43348467:C:GA977P0.999
6:43348478:A:GL973P0.999
6:43352412:A:GL912P0.999

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000024783 (6:43369594 C>A,G,T), RS1000079955 (6:43360491 C>T), RS1000325969 (6:43354008 G>A), RS1000366317 (6:43371339 T>G), RS1000401212 (6:43354360 T>C), RS1000432787 (6:43357028 A>T), RS1000448600 (6:43365522 G>C), RS1000596621 (6:43339392 C>T), RS1000609991 (6:43348196 C>A,G), RS1000659884 (6:43352472 A>G), RS1000710939 (6:43369789 C>G,T), RS1000731553 (6:43352791 T>C), RS1000773188 (6:43365824 T>A,C), RS1000879762 (6:43335988 A>G), RS1000909595 (6:43346378 G>A)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:617512 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

46 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST003272_2Systolic blood pressure2.000000e-16
GCST004521_164Autism spectrum disorder or schizophrenia3.000000e-08
GCST004775_24Pulse pressure7.000000e-07
GCST004776_25Systolic blood pressure3.000000e-06
GCST005956_58Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI7.000000e-26
GCST005957_1Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI (age <50)2.000000e-14
GCST005958_2Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI (age >50)2.000000e-19
GCST005962_2Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI x sex x age interaction (4df test)3.000000e-31
GCST005983_48Serum uric acid levels1.000000e-11
GCST006168_31Pulse pressure x alcohol consumption interaction (2df test)2.000000e-16
GCST006168_46Pulse pressure x alcohol consumption interaction (2df test)5.000000e-10
GCST006259_53Systolic blood pressure5.000000e-09
GCST006434_17Systolic blood pressure x alcohol consumption interaction (2df test)2.000000e-22
GCST006434_84Systolic blood pressure x alcohol consumption interaction (2df test)3.000000e-11
GCST006979_279Heel bone mineral density6.000000e-09
GCST007096_154Pulse pressure4.000000e-08
GCST007096_193Pulse pressure3.000000e-06
GCST007099_135Systolic blood pressure1.000000e-09
GCST007099_208Systolic blood pressure4.000000e-10
GCST007267_216Systolic blood pressure3.000000e-24
GCST007269_248Pulse pressure4.000000e-14
GCST007576_192Chronotype3.000000e-09
GCST007703_123Systolic blood pressure3.000000e-10
GCST007704_49Diastolic blood pressure7.000000e-07
GCST007705_7Pulse pressure4.000000e-06
GCST007706_82Mean arterial pressure2.000000e-09
GCST007707_44Hypertension4.000000e-07
GCST007725_36Serum uric acid levels2.000000e-13
GCST007928_43Medication use (diuretics)6.000000e-11
GCST007929_73Medication use (calcium channel blockers)3.000000e-10

EFO canonical traits (18, from GWAS)

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:0006335systolic blood pressure
EFO:0005763pulse pressure measurement
EFO:0007788BMI-adjusted waist-hip ratio
EFO:0008007age at assessment
EFO:0008343sex interaction measurement
EFO:0004761uric acid measurement
EFO:0004329alcohol drinking
EFO:0009270heel bone mineral density
EFO:0008328chronotype measurement
EFO:0006336diastolic blood pressure
EFO:0006340mean arterial pressure
EFO:0009928Diuretic use measurement
EFO:0009930Calcium channel blocker use measurement
EFO:0009931Agents acting on the renin-angiotensin system use measurement
EFO:0004531urate measurement
EFO:1001976cardioembolic stroke
EFO:0008039BMI-adjusted hip circumference
EFO:0004533alkaline phosphatase measurement

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

32 total (human), top 30 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
FR900359affects phosphorylation1
TAK-243increases sumoylation1
dicrotophosincreases expression1
triphenyl phosphateaffects expression1
arseniteaffects binding, decreases reaction1
sodium arsenitedecreases expression, increases abundance1
butyraldehydedecreases expression1
coumarinaffects phosphorylation1
testosterone-3-carboxymethyloxime-bovine serum albumin conjugateaffects expression1
deguelindecreases expression1
ICG 001increases expression1
Temozolomideincreases expression1
Vorinostatdecreases expression1
Leflunomidedecreases expression1
Arsenicdecreases expression, increases abundance1
Benzo(a)pyreneaffects methylation1
Cadmiumdecreases expression, increases abundance1
Caffeineaffects phosphorylation1
Dimethyl Sulfoxideincreases expression1
Enzyme Inhibitorsdecreases activity, increases O-linked glycosylation1
Gasolineaffects cotreatment, decreases expression, increases abundance1
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbonsaffects cotreatment, decreases expression, increases abundance1
Quercetindecreases phosphorylation1
Dronabinolincreases expression1
Urethanedecreases expression1
Valproic Acidaffects expression1
Cyclosporinedecreases expression1
Antirheumatic Agentsincreases expression1
Cadmium Chloridedecreases expression, increases abundance1
Copper Sulfatedecreases expression1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

  • Disease cohort memberships (association, not causation — diseases whose associated-gene cohort lists this gene; a subset are also under Associated diseases): hypertensive disorder, presbycusis