Zinc finger protein 859, pseudogene (ZNF859P)

Zinc finger protein 859, pseudogene (ZNF859P) is annotated as a pseudogene in the human genome and does not encode an active protein. As a pseudogene, ZNF859P typically arises from duplication or retrotransposition of a functional gene but contains debilitating mutations that prevent its normal transcription or translation into a functional zinc finger protein[6]. Zinc finger proteins are a large family of transcription factors characterized by the presence of classical C2H2 zinc finger motifs, permitting interaction with DNA, RNA, and other proteins[1][4][7]. However, ZNF859P itself is non-functional and therefore not implicated in any known biological processes, disease roles, or drug interactions. Pseudogenes like ZNF859P are common in the genome and generally serve no known regulatory or coding function, although some pseudogenes can acquire regulatory roles through RNA transcripts (not established for ZNF859P)[6].

Other names

ZNF859PZinc finger protein 859 pseudogene