InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Mus musculus Protein: Zscan21

Summary

InnateDB Protein

IDBP-259150.6

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

Zscan21

Protein Name

zinc finger and SCAN domain containing 21

Synonyms

AI326272; CTfin51; RU49; Zfp-38; Zfp38; Zipro1;

Species

Mus musculus

Ensembl Protein

ENSMUSP00000106584

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-205759 (Zscan21)

Protein Structure

UniProt Annotation

Function

Strong transcriptional activator. Associated with meiosis in both male and female gametogenesis. May have different functions in somatic cells.

Subcellular Localization

Nucleus.

Disease Associations

Tissue Specificity

Expressed predominantly in the spermatocytes and spermatids of adult testes. It is also present at lower levels in the ovary, brain, spleen, embryo and fetus.

Comments

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 1 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 2 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.

Experimentally validated
Total	1 [view]
Protein-Protein	1 [view]
Protein-DNA	0
Protein-RNA	0
DNA-DNA	0
RNA-RNA	0
DNA-RNA	0

Predicted by orthology
Total	2 [view]

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

Accession	GO Term
GO:0003677	DNA binding
GO:0003700	sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity
GO:0005515	protein binding
GO:0046872	metal ion binding

Biological Process

GO:0006351	transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0006355	regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0007275	multicellular organismal development
GO:0007283	spermatogenesis
GO:0045893	positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0048477	oogenesis