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ZNF320
zinc finger protein 320
Chromosome 19 · 19q13.41
NCBI Gene: 162967Ensembl: ENSG00000182986.15HGNC: HGNC:13842UniProt: A0A669KBJ2
14PubMed Papers
16Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
FUNCTIONAL ROLE
OncogeneTranscription Factor
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
protein bindingnucleusDNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specificRNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA bindingnutritional deficiency diseasehepatocellular carcinomametabolic syndromeneoplasm
✦AI Summary

ZNF320 is a Krüppel-like zinc finger protein that functions as a transcriptional regulator 1. As a member of the zinc finger gene family, ZNF320 possesses DNA-binding transcription factor activity and is localized to the nucleus where it regulates transcription by RNA polymerase II. The gene maps to chromosome 19.3-13.4, a region frequently showing loss of heterozygosity in glial tumors 1. Mechanistically, ZNF320 appears involved in multiple cellular processes including cell cycle regulation and immune modulation 2. Recent studies identify ZNF320 as a hub gene in gene co-expression networks associated with microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer 3, and as a hypomethylated prognostic biomarker in hepatocellular carcinoma 2. Clinically, ZNF320 expression correlates with tumor-infiltrating immune cell abundance—including B cells, CD8+ T cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells—in HCC 2. Polymorphisms in ZNF320 have been associated with variation in blood biomarker levels relevant to Alzheimer's disease susceptibility 4. These findings suggest ZNF320 functions at the intersection of transcriptional regulation, immune response, and cell cycle control, with implications for cancer prognosis and potentially neurological disease.

Sources cited
1
ZNF320 is a Krüppel-like zinc finger gene family member located on chromosome 19q13.3-13.4; this region shows frequent loss of heterozygosity in glioblastoma
PMID: 11536051
2
ZNF320 identified as a hub gene in co-expression networks associated with microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer
PMID: 30664178
3
ZNF320 is hypomethylated in hepatocellular carcinoma, functions as a prognostic biomarker, correlates with cell cycle regulation and immune infiltration including B cells, CD8+ T cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells
PMID: 36287187
4
ZNF320 polymorphisms associated with variation in blood biomarker levels potentially relevant to Alzheimer's disease susceptibility
PMID: 26625115
⚠Limited data available — This gene has 4 indexed publications. Summary and analysis may be incomplete.
Disease Associationsⓘ16
nutritional deficiency diseaseOpen Targets
0.16Weak
hepatocellular carcinomaOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
metabolic syndromeOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
liver cancerOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
cancerOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Acute hepatic failureOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Alzheimer diseaseOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
lung adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
glioblastomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
ParkinsonismOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
cervical cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Hereditary breast cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
hereditary breast carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
lymphomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
ovarian serous cystadenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
DMBT1Protein interaction83%ZNF468Protein interaction77%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Ovary
100%
Lung
51%
Brain
42%
Liver
18%
Heart
13%
Bone Marrow
7%
Gene Interaction Network
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ZNF320DMBT1ZNF468
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt A2RRD8
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
1.31LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.43Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.29 [0.10–1.31]
RankingsWhere ZNF320 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #16,059of 20,598
    Most Researched14
  • #13,792of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)1.31
Genes detectedZNF320
Sources retrieved4 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
4
1
A novel member of the WD-repeat gene family, WDR11, maps to the 10q26 region and is disrupted by a chromosome translocation in human glioblastoma cells.
PMID: 11536051
Oncogene · 2001
1.00
2
Identification of key genes and pathways involved in microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer.
PMID: 30664178
Mol Med Rep · 2019
0.75
3
Can Genetic Analysis of Putative Blood Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers Lead to Identification of Susceptibility Loci?
PMID: 26625115
PLoS One · 2015
0.50
4
ZNF320 is a hypomethylated prognostic biomarker involved in immune infiltration of hepatocellular carcinoma and associated with cell cycle.
PMID: 36287187
Aging (Albany NY) · 2022
0.25