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ZNF461
zinc finger protein 461
Chromosome 19 · 19q13.12
NCBI Gene: 92283Ensembl: ENSG00000197808.14HGNC: HGNC:21629UniProt: B4DRP8
13PubMed Papers
15Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
FUNCTIONAL ROLE
Transcription 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 bindinglate-onset Alzheimers diseaseAlzheimer diseaseneoplasmnon-small cell lung carcinoma
✦AI Summary

ZNF461 (zinc finger protein 461) is a KRAB-domain-containing zinc finger transcription factor located on chromosome 19.1 1. The protein contains a KRAB A+B repression domain and eleven C2H2-type zinc finger motifs characteristic of DNA-binding transcription factors 1. ZNF461, also known as gonadotropin-inducible ovarian transcription factor-1 (GIOT-1), is ubiquitously expressed in normal human tissues 1. Mechanistically, ZNF461 functions as a transcriptional corepressor. It is induced by the orphan nuclear receptor Nur77 in response to luteinizing hormone signaling and represses steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) transactivation through recruitment of histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) 2. In granulosa cells, ZNF461 induction suppresses CYP19 gene transcription through attenuation of SF-1/LRH-1 transactivation 3. Regarding disease relevance, ZNF461 has been identified as downregulated in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in female never-smokers and may participate in immune response mechanisms associated with NSCLC progression through co-expression with immune-related genes 4. Additionally, ZNF461 gene structure has been disrupted during evolutionary chr19 rearrangements in the gibbon lineage 5, suggesting potential structural vulnerability.

Sources cited
1
ZNF461 is a KRAB A+B domain-containing zinc finger protein with eleven C2H2 motifs, located on chromosome 19q13.1 with 6 exons, and is ubiquitously expressed in normal human tissues
PMID: 15004467
2
ZNF461 (GIOT-1) functions as a transcriptional corepressor of SF-1, is induced by Nur77 in response to luteinizing hormone, and recruits HDAC2 for transcriptional repression
PMID: 16595694
3
ZNF461 (GIOT-1) is induced by MEHP exposure and suppresses CYP19 gene transcription through attenuation of SF-1 and LRH-1 transactivation in granulosa cells
PMID: 19822197
4
ZNF461 is downregulated in non-small cell lung cancer in female never-smokers and may be involved in immune response mechanisms associated with NSCLC progression
PMID: 27067812
5
ZNF461 gene structure has been disrupted at chromosomal rearrangement breakpoints in gibbon evolution
PMID: 19029537
Disease Associationsⓘ15
late-onset Alzheimers diseaseOpen Targets
0.09Suggestive
Alzheimer diseaseOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
non-small cell lung carcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Cerebral cortical atrophyOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Herpes simplex infectionOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
psychiatric disorderOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
acute myeloid leukemiaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
adrenocortical carcinoma, hereditaryOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
cholangiocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
colorectal cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
esophageal cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
nonpapillary renal cell carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
papillary renal cell carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
ThymomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
TOX2Protein interaction93%ZNF615Protein interaction80%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Bone Marrow
100%
Brain
98%
Ovary
76%
Heart
66%
Lung
44%
Liver
40%
Gene Interaction Network
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ZNF461TOX2ZNF615
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q8TAF7
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
1.16LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.01Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.64 [0.38–1.16]
RankingsWhere ZNF461 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #16,364of 20,598
    Most Researched13
  • #12,067of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)1.16
Genes detectedZNF461
Sources retrieved5 papers
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📄 Sources
5
1
Characterization of two novel KRAB-domain-containing zinc finger genes, ZNF460 and ZNF461, on human chromosome 19q13.1-->q13.4.
PMID: 15004467
Cytogenet Genome Res · 2003
1.00
2
Sequencing human-gibbon breakpoints of synteny reveals mosaic new insertions at rearrangement sites.
PMID: 19029537
Genome Res · 2009
0.80
3
RNA-Seq analysis of non-small cell lung cancer in female never-smokers reveals candidate cancer-associated long non-coding RNAs.
PMID: 27067812
Pathol Res Pract · 2016
0.60
4
Mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate induces NR4A subfamily and GIOT-1 gene expression, and suppresses CYP19 expression in human granulosa-like tumor cell line KGN.
PMID: 19822197
Toxicol Lett · 2009
0.40
5
Orphan nuclear receptor Nur77 induces zinc finger protein GIOT-1 gene expression, and GIOT-1 acts as a novel corepressor of orphan nuclear receptor SF-1 via recruitment of HDAC2.
PMID: 16595694
J Biol Chem · 2006
0.20