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Identification and characterization of a zinc finger gene (ZNF213) from 16p13.3
1Ahmanson Department of Pediatrics, Steven Spielberg Pediatric Research Center, Medical Genetics Birth Defects Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
Abstract:
During our search for the familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) gene, we identified by cDNA selection a 1.2 kb cDNA fragment representing a novel human gene that is expressed in a wide variety of tissues. This gene spans approx. 8.0 kb genomic DNA and has seven exons. Its 3' untranslated region contains a long tandem repeat that gives rise to a polymorphism with two alleles of approx. 1.1 kb and 1.0 kb, with the 1.1 kb allele in strong linkage disequilibrium with FMF in patients of different ethnic backgrounds. However, both genetic and mutational analyses have excluded this gene as the one responsible for FMF. The predicted 424 amino acid protein, designated ZNF213, contains three C2H2 zinc fingers, a Kruppel associated A box and a leucine rich motif (LeR domain/SCAN box), strongly suggestive of a transcription factor.