Zinc finger protein 253 pseudogene

This entry designates a pseudogene belonging to the zinc finger protein 253 gene family, a group of Krüppel-associated box (KRAB) domain-containing C2H2-type zinc finger transcription factors[7][8]. Pseudogenes arise from duplication or retrotransposition of a functional gene and typically do not code for functional protein products. As such, this pseudogene does not have known physiological or pharmacological roles, is not considered a therapeutic target, and has no known clinical relevance. Additional Notes: - The inclusion of "pseudogene" in the name and the Ensembl identifier indicates it is not a protein-coding nor regulatory RNA gene and is not a valid drug target. - If you meant the functional gene ZNF253, this would refer to a KRAB zinc finger transcription factor, which may have roles in transcriptional repression and cell signaling pathways[7][8], but the pseudogene does not inherit these functions. - This pseudogene may still be of interest for genomic studies or evolutionary biology but is not relevant for therapeutic development nor biomarker research.

Other names

ZNF253Prelated to ZNF253Bone marrow zinc finger 1BMZF-1BMZF1FLJ90391ZNF411