Novel zinc finger protein pseudogene (ENSG00000268892)

Novel zinc finger protein pseudogene (ENSG00000268892, also known as AC010620.1) is a human pseudogene likely derived from ancestral zinc finger protein-coding genes. Pseudogenes are genomic DNA sequences similar to normal genes but usually non-functional due to mutations or lack of regulatory elements. Zinc finger proteins are a large, diverse group of DNA-binding proteins involved in transcriptional regulation and various cellular processes, but this pseudogene does not produce a functional protein and is not currently thought to play a direct role in physiology or disease[1][2][3][4]. While zinc finger proteins as a family are widespread, highly functional, and implicated in many processes including transcriptional regulation, DNA repair, cancer, and genome editing, this entry encodes a pseudogene that does not give rise to an active zinc finger protein[1][2][4]. Therefore, ENSG00000268892 should not be considered a therapeutic target, functional receptor, or active enzyme and does not have structured data comparable to canonical drug targets.

Other names

AC010620.1