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ZFP1
ZFP1 zinc finger protein
Chromosome 16 · 16q23.1
NCBI Gene: 162239Ensembl: ENSG00000184517.12HGNC: HGNC:23328UniProt: H3BV40
33PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
FUNCTIONAL ROLE
Transcription Factor
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
protein bindingsequence-specific double-stranded DNA bindingnucleusDNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specificHerniacardiovascular diseasegastric cancerosteosarcoma
✦AI Summary

ZFP1 is a zinc finger protein functioning as a DNA-binding transcription factor with RNA polymerase II-specific regulatory activity 1. The protein contains seven zinc fingers and two helix-turn-helix motifs characteristic of transcriptional regulators 2, with ubiquitous expression across tissues and developmental stages 2. In cancer biology, ZFP1 overexpression correlates with poor prognosis in gastric cancer, associating with advanced tumor stage and histological grade 1. Elevated ZFP1 expression correlates with reduced overall survival, disease-specific survival, and progression-free intervals 1. ZFP1 modulates anti-tumor immunity by positively correlating with effector central memory T cells and T helper cells while negatively correlating with Th17 cells and NK CD56bright cells 1. ZFP1 interacts with TERF2, a telomere integrity regulator implicated in multiple cancers 3. Beyond malignancy, ZFP1 is localized to chromosome 16, a region subject to alterations in acute myeloid leukemia 4. In C. elegans, zfp-1 is required for RNAi effectiveness and vulval lineage development 5. ZFP1 mapping to chromosome 16 is conserved across species, positioned between regulatory genes in a functionally integrated cluster 6. These findings establish ZFP1 as a multi-functional transcriptional regulator with significant roles in cancer progression and immune response.

Sources cited
1
ZFP1 overexpression associates with poor prognosis in gastric cancer, correlates with tumor stage/grade, and modulates immune infiltration patterns
PMID: 39261568
2
ZFP1 is a zinc finger protein containing seven zinc fingers and two helix-turn-helix motifs, located on chromosome 16, with ubiquitous embryonic and tissue expression
PMID: 2574853
3
ZFP1 interacts with TERF2 and is identified in pan-cancer protein-protein interaction networks associated with tumor progression
PMID: 39994081
4
ZFP1 is located on chromosome 16q22 in a zinc finger gene cluster region involved in acute myeloid leukemia alterations
PMID: 8500793
5
ZFP1 mapping and chromosomal location are conserved between mouse chromosome 8 and human chromosome 16q
PMID: 9069116
6
C. elegans zfp-1 is required for RNAi effectiveness and vulval lineage development in synMuv B genetic contexts
PMID: 16507136
Disease Associationsⓘ20
HerniaOpen Targets
0.25Weak
cardiovascular diseaseOpen Targets
0.24Weak
gastric cancerOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
osteosarcomaOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
cancerOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
laryngeal squamous cell carcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
infectionOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
acute myeloid leukemiaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
adrenal cortex carcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Duane retraction syndromeOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
glioblastoma multiformeOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Invasive Breast CarcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
lung adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
pancreatic adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
ThymomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
gastric adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
colorectal cancerOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
liver hemangiomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
laryngeal neoplasmOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
CASZ1Protein interaction89%ZNF475Protein interaction74%MYCProtein interaction72%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Brain
100%
Liver
68%
Heart
47%
Bone Marrow
40%
Ovary
32%
Lung
21%
Gene Interaction Network
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ZFP1CASZ1ZNF475MYC
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q6P2D0
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
1.06LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.79 [0.59–1.06]
RankingsWhere ZFP1 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #11,450of 20,598
    Most Researched33
  • #10,667of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)1.06
Genes detectedZFP1
Sources retrieved10 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
ZFP1 is a biomarker related to poor prognosis and immunity in gastric cancer.
PMID: 39261568
Sci Rep · 2024
1.00
2
The Cys
PMID: 30630094
Fungal Genet Biol · 2019
0.90
3
Human D-Lactate Dehydrogenase Deficiency: A Case Report in a Young Boy.
PMID: 40678184
JIMD Rep · 2025
0.80
4
Pan‑cancer analysis of the oncogenic role of telomeric repeat binding factor 2 (TERF2) in human tumors and in vitro validation in gastric cancer by TERF2 knockdown.
PMID: 39994081
Discov Oncol · 2025
0.70
5
Human zinc finger gene ZNF23 (Kox16) maps to a zinc finger gene cluster on chromosome 16q22, and ZNF32 (Kox30) to chromosome region 10q23-q24.
PMID: 8500793
Hum Genet · 1993
0.60