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FLASH GENE

Symbol

ZSCAN2

contributors: - updated : 13-02-2006

HGNC name	zinc finger and SCAN domain containing 2
HGNC id	20994

FLASH GENE DNA RNA EXPRESSION PROTEIN DISORDER ANIMAL & CELL MODELS

DNA

TYPE	functioning gene
STRUCTURE	22.00 kb     0 Exon(s)

MAPPING

cloned

Y

linked

N

status

provisional

RNA

TRANSCRIPTS	type	messenger

identification nb exons type bp product Protein kDa AA specific expression Year Pubmed variant 1 - - 3765 69 614 - Denny variant 2 - - 1010 - 150 - Denny variant 3 - - 951 - 146 - Denny

EXPRESSION

Type

constitutive of

expressed in	(based on citations)
organ(s)	System Organ level 1 Organ level 2 Organ level 3 Organ level 4 Level Pubmed Species Stage Rna symbol Reproductive male system testis

tissue

System Tissue Tissue level 1 Tissue level 2 Level Pubmed Species Stage Rna symbol Muscular

cell lineage

cell lines

fluid/secretion

at STAGE

PROTEIN

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

STRUCTURE

motifs/domains	14 C2H2-type zinc fingers
	one SCAN box domain

HOMOLOGY

interspecies	homolog to rattus LOC365296
	ortholog to murine Zscan2

Homologene

FAMILY

krueppel C2H2-type zinc-finger protein family

CATEGORY

transcription factor

SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION	intracellular
	intracellular,nucleus

basic FUNCTION

may be involved in transcriptional regulation during the post-meiotic stages of spermatogenesis

CELLULAR PROCESS	cell life, differentiation
	nucleotide, transcription, regulation

PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS

PATHWAY

metabolism

signaling

a component

INTERACTION

DNA

binding

RNA

small molecule	metal binding,
	Zn2+

protein

cell & other

REGULATION

ASSOCIATED DISORDERS

ANIMAL & CELL MODELS