ZNF34

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Also known as KOX32

Summary

ZNF34 (zinc finger protein 34, HGNC:13098) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 8q24.3, encoding Zinc finger protein 34 (Q8IZ26). May be involved in transcriptional regulation.

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 transcription by RNA polymerase II. Located in cytosol and nucleoplasm.

Source: NCBI Gene 80778 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 6
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 71 total
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001286769

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:13098
Approved symbolZNF34
Namezinc finger protein 34
Location8q24.3
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesKOX32
Ensembl geneENSG00000196378
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM194526
Entrez80778

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 39 — 38 protein_coding, 1 retained_intron

ENST00000343459, ENST00000429371, ENST00000527740, ENST00000534337, ENST00000534445, ENST00000714360, ENST00000714361, ENST00000714362, ENST00000714363, ENST00000714364, ENST00000714365, ENST00000714366, ENST00000714367, ENST00000714368, ENST00000714369, ENST00000870740, ENST00000870741, ENST00000870742, ENST00000870743, ENST00000870744, ENST00000870745, ENST00000870746, ENST00000870747, ENST00000924812, ENST00000924813, ENST00000924814, ENST00000924815, ENST00000924816, ENST00000924817, ENST00000924818, ENST00000924819, ENST00000965277, ENST00000965278, ENST00000965279, ENST00000965280, ENST00000965281, ENST00000965282, ENST00000965283, ENST00000965284

RefSeq mRNA: 6 — MANE Select: NM_001286769 NM_001286769, NM_001286770, NM_001378027, NM_001378028, NM_001378029, NM_030580

CCDS: CCDS69562

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000429371 — 6 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE00001372181144777458144777577
ENSE00001648939144787279144787317
ENSE00002395826144778038144778164
ENSE00002733376144780228144780280
ENSE00003596553144778439144778525
ENSE00003902455144772224144774605

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 203 present calls, max score 84.91.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 2.7080 / max 45.4777, expressed in 1282 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (2 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
957142.68391276
957100.02415

Top tissues by expression

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

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
tibial arteryUBERON:000761084.91gold quality
popliteal arteryUBERON:000225084.90gold quality
cerebellar hemisphereUBERON:000224584.31gold quality
right hemisphere of cerebellumUBERON:001489084.24gold quality
cerebellar cortexUBERON:000212984.19gold quality
cerebellumUBERON:000203782.88gold quality
cortical plateUBERON:000534382.49gold quality
aortaUBERON:000094782.28gold quality
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testisCL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:000047382.01gold quality
ganglionic eminenceUBERON:000402381.89gold quality
mucosa of stomachUBERON:000119980.39gold quality
tibial nerveUBERON:000132380.13gold quality
descending thoracic aortaUBERON:000234580.01gold quality
endocervixUBERON:000045879.94gold quality
muscle layer of sigmoid colonUBERON:003580579.94gold quality
left uterine tubeUBERON:000130379.79gold quality
left ovaryUBERON:000211979.76gold quality
right coronary arteryUBERON:000162579.69gold quality
calcaneal tendonUBERON:000370179.59gold quality
esophagogastric junction muscularis propriaUBERON:003584179.57gold quality
body of uterusUBERON:000985379.40gold quality
lower esophagus muscularis layerUBERON:003583379.40gold quality
lower esophagusUBERON:001347379.34gold quality
left coronary arteryUBERON:000162679.31gold quality
ventricular zoneUBERON:000305379.27gold quality
thoracic aortaUBERON:000151579.18gold quality
ascending aortaUBERON:000149679.08gold quality
right ovaryUBERON:000211878.71gold quality
adenohypophysisUBERON:000219678.54gold quality
ectocervixUBERON:001224978.49gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

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

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-ANND-3yes2.80

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

59 targeting ZNF34, 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-4795-3P100.0074.624024
HSA-MIR-3925-3P100.0069.951237
HSA-MIR-6833-3P100.0070.633197
HSA-MIR-366299.9973.825684
HSA-MIR-1213699.9872.815713
HSA-MIR-569699.9872.364487
HSA-MIR-806899.9873.852376
HSA-MIR-365899.9673.874379
HSA-MIR-570-3P99.9672.414910
HSA-MIR-128-3P99.9571.172484
HSA-MIR-216A-3P99.9571.192505
HSA-MIR-338-5P99.9272.342951
HSA-MIR-430299.8967.941187
HSA-MIR-3140-3P99.8868.472069
HSA-MIR-3681-3P99.8870.462254
HSA-MIR-469899.8471.414303
HSA-MIR-449599.8272.083080
HSA-MIR-3121-3P99.8271.963630
HSA-MIR-129999.7771.242389
HSA-MIR-6794-5P99.7666.381048
HSA-MIR-4524A-3P99.7266.852406
HSA-MIR-4716-3P99.6966.731022
HSA-MIR-472999.6972.184233
HSA-MIR-509399.6769.262291
HSA-MIR-4743-3P99.6268.122095
HSA-MIR-467299.5071.582893
HSA-MIR-391599.4568.491905
HSA-MIR-4762-3P99.4369.722363
HSA-MIR-513A-3P99.3970.633620
HSA-MIR-513C-3P99.3970.633620

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 1)

  • genes encoding transcription factors expressed in the brain might be an important group of major depressive disorder candidate genes. (PMID:26823146)

Cross-species orthologs

39 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
mus_musculusZfp944ENSMUSG00000033972
mus_musculusGm21411ENSMUSG00000045699
mus_musculusZfp943ENSMUSG00000053347
mus_musculusZfp981ENSMUSG00000056300
mus_musculusZfp980ENSMUSG00000058186
mus_musculusZfp945ENSMUSG00000059142
mus_musculusZfp534ENSMUSG00000062518
mus_musculusZfp993ENSMUSG00000063245
mus_musculusZfp947ENSMUSG00000063383
mus_musculusZfp985ENSMUSG00000065999
mus_musculusZfp979ENSMUSG00000066000
mus_musculusZfp987ENSMUSG00000066009
mus_musculusZfp991ENSMUSG00000067916
mus_musculusRex2ENSMUSG00000067919
mus_musculusZfp760ENSMUSG00000067928
mus_musculusZfp820ENSMUSG00000069743
mus_musculusZfp992ENSMUSG00000070605
mus_musculusZfp946ENSMUSG00000071266
mus_musculusZfp942ENSMUSG00000071267
mus_musculusZfp984ENSMUSG00000078495
mus_musculusZfp978ENSMUSG00000078497
mus_musculusZfp988ENSMUSG00000078498
mus_musculusZfp990ENSMUSG00000078503
mus_musculusZfp995ENSMUSG00000078546
mus_musculusZfp989ENSMUSG00000086147
mus_musculusZfp994ENSMUSG00000096433
mus_musculusGm7072ENSMUSG00000117284
rattus_norvegicusZfp943ENSRNOG00000026569
rattus_norvegicusZfp945l1ENSRNOG00000028767
rattus_norvegicusZfp534l2ENSRNOG00000033792
rattus_norvegicusAABR07001923.1ENSRNOG00000047884
rattus_norvegicusZfp600ENSRNOG00000051867
rattus_norvegicusRex2l4ENSRNOG00000059160
rattus_norvegicusZfp945ENSRNOG00000061533
rattus_norvegicusRex2l2ENSRNOG00000062461
rattus_norvegicusZfp534l1ENSRNOG00000063088
rattus_norvegicusENSRNOG00000065823
rattus_norvegicusENSRNOG00000066546
rattus_norvegicusENSRNOG00000068796

Paralogs (51): WIZ (ENSG00000011451), ZNF416 (ENSG00000083817), MYNN (ENSG00000085274), PRDM4 (ENSG00000110851), PRDM2 (ENSG00000116731), ZBTB17 (ENSG00000116809), ZNF644 (ENSG00000122482), GZF1 (ENSG00000125812), ZNF426 (ENSG00000130818), ZNF287 (ENSG00000141040), ZNF697 (ENSG00000143067), ZNF687 (ENSG00000143373), ZNF214 (ENSG00000149050), ZNF547 (ENSG00000152433), ZNF776 (ENSG00000152443), ZNF230 (ENSG00000159882), ZNF222 (ENSG00000159885), ZNF233 (ENSG00000159915), ZNF333 (ENSG00000160961), ZNF319 (ENSG00000166188), ZNF592 (ENSG00000166716), ZNF646 (ENSG00000167395), ZNF507 (ENSG00000168813), ZNF768 (ENSG00000169957), ZNF417 (ENSG00000173480), ZNF408 (ENSG00000175213), ZBTB41 (ENSG00000177888), ZNF223 (ENSG00000178386), ZNF852 (ENSG00000178917), ZNF784 (ENSG00000179922), ZNF572 (ENSG00000180938), ZNF707 (ENSG00000181135), ZNF746 (ENSG00000181220), ZNF467 (ENSG00000181444), ZNF530 (ENSG00000183647), ZNF17 (ENSG00000186272), ZNF527 (ENSG00000189164), ZKSCAN7 (ENSG00000196345), ZNF774 (ENSG00000196391), ZNF777 (ENSG00000196453)

Protein

Protein identifiers

Zinc finger protein 34Q8IZ26 (reviewed: Q8IZ26)

Alternative names: Zinc finger protein KOX32

All UniProt accessions (3): A0A0C4DG42, Q8IZ26, E9PNZ6

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 (6): NP_001273698, NP_001273699, NP_001364956, NP_001364957, NP_001364958, NP_085057 (=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR001909KRABDomain
IPR013087Znf_C2H2_typeDomain
IPR036051KRAB_dom_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR036236Znf_C2H2_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR050589Ikaros_C2H2-ZFFamily

Pfam: PF00096, PF01352

UniProt features (16 total): zinc finger region 12, chain 1, domain 1, region of interest 1, modified residue 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q8IZ26-F170.460.18

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): 113

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

1 pathways

IDPathway
R-HSA-212436Generic Transcription Pathway

MSigDB gene sets: 79 (showing top): GSE45365_CD8A_DC_VS_CD11B_DC_IFNAR_KO_MCMV_INFECTION_UP, SHEDDEN_LUNG_CANCER_GOOD_SURVIVAL_A5, PARENT_MTOR_SIGNALING_UP, KIM_WT1_TARGETS_DN, NIKOLSKY_BREAST_CANCER_8Q23_Q24_AMPLICON, GOMF_SEQUENCE_SPECIFIC_DNA_BINDING, MARTENS_TRETINOIN_RESPONSE_UP, chr8q24, MTOR_UP.N4.V1_DN, GOMF_TRANSCRIPTION_REGULATOR_ACTIVITY, EBNA1BP2_TARGET_GENES, GUCY1B1_TARGET_GENES, SETD7_TARGET_GENES, SFMBT1_TARGET_GENES, SNRNP70_TARGET_GENES

GO Biological Process (2): regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357), regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)

GO Molecular Function (6): RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978), DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981), zinc ion binding (GO:0008270), DNA binding (GO:0003677), protein binding (GO:0005515), metal ion binding (GO:0046872)

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

Reactome top-level categories

Rollup of top-1 pathways:

CategoryPathways
RNA Polymerase II Transcription1

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding2
cellular anatomical structure2
regulation of DNA-templated transcription1
transcription by RNA polymerase II1
DNA-templated transcription1
regulation of gene expression1
regulation of RNA biosynthetic process1
cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding1
chromatin1
DNA-binding transcription factor activity1
regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II1
transition metal ion binding1
nucleic acid binding1
binding1
cation binding1
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle1
nuclear lumen1
cytoplasm1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

476 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
ZNF34NKPD1Q17RQ9584
ZNF34ARMH2H3BNL8570
ZNF34MROH1Q8NDA8474
ZNF34ZMYND12Q9H0C1449
ZNF34TMEM276P0DTL5446
ZNF34MYCP01106436
ZNF34COMMD5Q9GZQ3393
ZNF34CCDC150Q8NCX0380
ZNF34ZBTB21Q9ULJ3369
ZNF34MAF1Q9H063353
ZNF34CCDC30Q5VVM6352
ZNF34LRRC24Q50LG9351
ZNF34TTKP33981350
ZNF34KAT14Q9H8E8349
ZNF34PHF8Q9UPP1346

IntAct

16 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
ZNF34VAC14psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.670
VAC14ZNF34psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.670
KRTAP10-5ZNF34psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
TRIM28ZNF316psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
TRIM28ZNF320psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
PB2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
ZNF34IPO8psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
ZNF34LRP4psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
FMR1ZNF34psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.000
RSPH1ZNF34psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.000
TIAM1ZNF34psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.000

BioGRID (53): ZNF34 (Two-hybrid), ZNF34 (Two-hybrid), ZNF34 (Two-hybrid), KRTAP10-5 (Two-hybrid), ZNF34 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZNF34 (Two-hybrid), ZNF34 (Two-hybrid), ZNF34 (Two-hybrid), ZNF34 (Two-hybrid), ZNF34 (Two-hybrid), ZNF34 (Two-hybrid), ZNF34 (Two-hybrid), ZNF34 (Two-hybrid), ZNF34 (Two-hybrid), ZNF34 (Two-hybrid)

ESM2 similar proteins: A0A087WUV0, A0JNB1, A2VDP4, B2RUI1, P0CG31, P10072, P17025, P17036, P17097, P18733, P51814, Q08ER8, Q09FC8, Q0VGE8, Q14590, Q15937, Q16600, Q2M3X9, Q4V8A8, Q5CZA5, Q5R8G9, Q5RBX0, Q5VIY5, Q68DI1, Q6J6I6, Q6NX49, Q6P1L6, Q6PG37, Q6ZMS4, Q6ZMW2, Q80YP6, Q86UD4, Q86Y25, Q8IZ26, Q8N184, Q8NB42, Q8NEK5, Q8TAF7, Q8TF47, Q8WXB4

Diamond homologs: A2A761, A2VDP4, A3KN32, A6QLU5, A6QPT6, A7MBI1, A8MT65, B4DU55, E9PYI1, O60765, O95780, P15622, P17014, P17032, P17098, P21506, P51508, P51814, P52736, P52738, P52742, Q02975, Q06730, Q06732, Q0VCB0, Q14587, Q16587, Q2KI58, Q2M3W8, Q3V080, Q49AA0, Q4R6C2, Q4V8A8, Q571J5, Q5HYK9, Q5JUW0, Q5JVG2, Q5MCW4, Q5MYW4, Q5R4K8

SIGNOR signaling

0 interactions.

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

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

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance62
Likely benign4
Benign0

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

1004 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
8:144774602:AGAG:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
8:144774603:GAG:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
8:144774603:GAGC:Gacceptor_loss1.0000
8:144774604:AGCT:Aacceptor_loss1.0000
8:144774605:GCTGA:Gacceptor_loss1.0000
8:144774606:C:CCacceptor_gain1.0000
8:144774606:CTGAA:Cacceptor_loss1.0000
8:144777455:CA:Cdonor_loss1.0000
8:144777457:C:Adonor_loss1.0000
8:144777575:CTC:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
8:144777578:C:CCacceptor_gain1.0000
8:144777578:CTGGG:Cacceptor_loss1.0000
8:144778032:CCTTA:Cdonor_loss1.0000
8:144778033:CTTA:Cdonor_loss1.0000
8:144778034:TTACC:Tdonor_loss1.0000
8:144778035:TACCC:Tdonor_loss1.0000
8:144778036:A:ACdonor_gain1.0000
8:144778036:AC:Adonor_gain1.0000
8:144778037:C:Adonor_loss1.0000
8:144778037:C:CCdonor_gain1.0000
8:144778037:CC:Cdonor_gain1.0000
8:144778037:CCCA:Cdonor_gain1.0000
8:144780281:C:CCacceptor_gain1.0000
8:144774601:AAGAG:Aacceptor_gain0.9900
8:144774604:AG:Aacceptor_gain0.9900
8:144777573:TACTC:Tacceptor_gain0.9900
8:144778036:ACC:Adonor_gain0.9900
8:144778037:CCC:Cdonor_gain0.9900
8:144778037:CCCAG:Cdonor_gain0.9900
8:144778077:C:Adonor_gain0.9900

AlphaMissense

3590 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
8:144773665:G:CF428L0.999
8:144773665:G:TF428L0.999
8:144773667:A:GF428L0.999
8:144773749:A:CF400L0.999
8:144773749:A:TF400L0.999
8:144773751:A:GF400L0.999
8:144773801:C:GR383P0.999
8:144773833:G:CF372L0.999
8:144773833:G:TF372L0.999
8:144773835:A:GF372L0.999
8:144773413:G:CF512L0.998
8:144773413:G:TF512L0.998
8:144773415:A:GF512L0.998
8:144773497:G:CF484L0.998
8:144773497:G:TF484L0.998
8:144773499:A:GF484L0.998
8:144773581:G:CF456L0.998
8:144773581:G:TF456L0.998
8:144773583:A:GF456L0.998
8:144773750:A:GF400S0.998
8:144773900:A:GL350P0.998
8:144773917:A:CF344L0.998
8:144773917:A:TF344L0.998
8:144773919:A:GF344L0.998
8:144774001:G:CF316L0.998
8:144774001:G:TF316L0.998
8:144774003:A:GF316L0.998
8:144773329:G:CF540L0.997
8:144773329:G:TF540L0.997
8:144773331:A:GF540L0.997

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000245254 (8:144773198 G>A,C), RS1000484896 (8:144787528 G>A), RS1000587579 (8:144783106 C>A,T), RS1000747224 (8:144781088 T>C), RS1000769741 (8:144777896 C>G,T), RS1000807965 (8:144781386 A>C), RS1000847271 (8:144771799 T>C), RS1001178211 (8:144781258 T>C), RS1001260740 (8:144785532 C>T), RS1001304599 (8:144780344 T>G), RS1001328183 (8:144776509 A>C), RS1001441281 (8:144780669 A>G), RS1001649620 (8:144781584 C>T), RS1001692038 (8:144785341 G>A), RS1002045216 (8:144786550 C>T)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:194526 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

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

GWAS associations

6 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST006867_73Type 2 diabetes2.000000e-08
GCST006879_12Blood metabolite levels4.000000e-10
GCST006879_13Blood metabolite levels2.000000e-09
GCST006879_14Blood metabolite levels2.000000e-11
GCST006879_5Blood metabolite levels2.000000e-12
GCST007005_4Logical memory (immediate recall) in normal cognition2.000000e-07

EFO canonical traits (1, from GWAS)

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:0004874memory performance

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

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

CTD chemical–gene interactions

23 total (human), top 23 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
sodium arseniteaffects expression, affects cotreatment, increases abundance, increases expression2
Valproic Aciddecreases expression, increases methylation2
FR900359increases phosphorylation1
tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphateincreases expression1
manganese chlorideincreases abundance, increases expression, affects cotreatment1
cupric oxideincreases expression1
abrineincreases expression1
(4-amino-1,4-dihydro-3-(2-pyridyl)-5-thioxo-1,2,4-triazole)copper(II)decreases expression1
Decitabineaffects expression1
Leflunomideincreases expression1
Arsenicaffects cotreatment, increases abundance, increases expression1
Benzo(a)pyreneaffects methylation, decreases methylation1
Cisplatinaffects expression1
Copperaffects binding, decreases expression1
Dieldrinincreases expression1
Disulfiramaffects binding, decreases expression1
Manganeseincreases abundance, increases expression, affects cotreatment1
Methyl Methanesulfonateincreases expression1
Smokedecreases expression1
Tunicamycinincreases expression1
Vanadatesincreases expression1
Cyclosporineincreases expression1
Particulate Matterdecreases expression1

Cellosaurus cell lines

1 cell lines: 1 transformed cell line

First 10 cell lines (id-ordered, not curated):

CellosaurusNameCategorySex
CVCL_XW34HEK293 eGFP-ZNF34Transformed cell lineFemale

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

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

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