[5] Zinc finger protein 839 is speculated to play a role in humoral immune response to cancer as a renal carcinoma antigen (NY-REN-50).
[11] It has been found that there is high expression of ZNF839 in the testis, specifically the seminiferous tubules, after RNA-sequencing analysis of various human tissues.
[11][12][13] The high expression of the human ZNF839 gene in the testis may be due to its C2H2-zinc finger role in transcriptional regulation during spermatogenesis.
[15] The high expression of ZNF839 in the gyri of the cerebrum may be due to the regulatory involvement of zinc finger proteins in neurodevelopment.
[16] The human zinc finger protein 839, isoform 1, has 927 amino acids and holds a molecular weight of 87.5 kDa.
[19][20] The pat4 nuclear localization signal was conserved among all strict orthologs of the human zinc finger protein 839.
[23] Thus, TP53 and zinc finger protein 839 may interact to transcribe genes necessary for DNA damage response or tumor suppression.
Thus, zinc finger protein may significantly play a role in tumor suppression and regulation of cellular pathways such as cell division.
Zinc finger protein 839 is found in the following vertebrates: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.