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A novel human zinc finger protein encoding gene ZNF468 was obtained from a fetal brain cDNA library. By BLAST-N analysis we found two different splice variants. We termed the two splice variants ZNF468.1 and ZNF468.2. By BLAST search against the human genome database, ZNF468 was mapped to 19q13.4. The ZNF468.1 cDNA has four exons, and the ZNF468.2 cDNA has one more, between the third and fourth exon. This extra exon creates a difference between the deduced protein N-termini of the two splice variants. The ZNF468.1 cDNA is 3906 bp in length, encoding a 522a a protein, and ZNF468.2 is 4024 bp, encoding a 469-aa-protein. Both proteins contain 11 C2H2-type zinc finger motifs at their C-termini. The N-terminus of the deduced protein of ZNF468.1 has a well-conserved Krüppel-associated box (KRAB) domain that consists of KRAB boxes A and B, whereas the protein of ZNF468.2 does not have the {KRAB} domain. Tissue distribution of the ZNF468 gene indicates that the two splice variants are widely expressed in normal human tissues, except in heart and brain, and they are also co-expressional.
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Sun, L., Gu, S., Li, N. et al. A Novel Zinc Finger Gene ZNF468 with Two Co-Expressional Splice Variants, ZNF468.1 and ZNF468.2. Biochem Genet 43, 271–286 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-005-5219-2
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