ZIC2

Gene Information

Official Symbol: ZIC2
Official Name: Zic family member 2
Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
Entrez ID: 7546
UniProt: O95409
Interactions: BioGRID
PubMed articles: Open PubMed
OMIM: Open OMIM

Function Summary

Entrez Summary: This gene encodes a member of the ZIC family of C2H2-type zinc finger proteins. This protein functions as a transcriptional repressor and may regulate tissue specific expression of dopamine receptor D1. Expansion of an alanine repeat in the C-terminus of the encoded protein and other mutations in this gene cause holoprosencephaly type 5. Holoprosencephaly is the most common structural anomaly of the human brain. A polyhistidine tract polymorphism in this gene may be associated with increased risk of neural tube defects. This gene is closely linked to a gene encoding zinc finger protein of the cerebellum 5, a related family member on chromosome 13. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2016].
UniProt Summary: Acts as a transcriptional activator or repressor. Plays important roles in the early stage of organogenesis of the CNS. Activates the transcription of the serotonin transporter SERT in uncrossed ipsilateral retinal ganglion cells (iRGCs) to refine eye-specific projections in primary visual targets. Its transcriptional activity is repressed by MDFIC. Involved in the formation of the ipsilateral retinal projection at the optic chiasm midline. Drives the expression of EPHB1 on ipsilaterally projecting growth cones. Binds to the minimal GLI-consensus sequence 5'-TGGGTGGTC-3'. Associates to the basal SERT promoter region from ventrotemporal retinal segments of retinal embryos.

Pfam Domains GO Terms

CRISPR Data

Compound Hit Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)

Screen	Score
NFN1 0.1μM R01 exp49	-2.01
DABN 2μM R00 exp16	-1.92
2-Methoxyestradiol 0.2μM R01 exp40	-1.78
Thimerosal 0.85μM R08 exp529	-1.75
Taxol 0.002μM R01 exp54	-1.7
FK-506 30μM R07 exp359	1.86

Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739

Tissue	Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential
1290807.0	0/1
909776.0	0/1
bile duct	0/28
blood	0/28
bone	0/26
breast	0/33
central nervous system	0/56
cervix	0/4
colorectal	0/17
esophagus	0/13
fibroblast	0/1
gastric	0/16
kidney	0/21
liver	0/20
lung	0/75
lymphocyte	0/16
ovary	0/26
pancreas	0/24
peripheral nervous system	0/16
plasma cell	0/15
prostate	0/1
skin	0/24
soft tissue	0/9
thyroid	0/2
upper aerodigestive	0/22
urinary tract	0/29
uterus	0/5

Essentiality in NALM6

Essentiality Rank: 9016
Expression level (log2 read counts): 0.99

Expression Distribution

chromatin DNA binding
visual perception
sensory perception of light stimulus
positive regulation of DNA-binding transcription factor activity
nuclear body
RNA polymerase II regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
regulation of DNA-binding transcription factor activity
DNA-binding transcription factor activity
brain development
head development
sensory perception
central nervous system development
negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
negative regulation of nucleic acid-templated transcription
negative regulation of RNA biosynthetic process
negative regulation of RNA metabolic process
nervous system process
negative regulation of cellular macromolecule biosynthetic process
negative regulation of nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process
DNA binding
negative regulation of macromolecule biosynthetic process
negative regulation of cellular biosynthetic process
positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
negative regulation of biosynthetic process
DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
positive regulation of nucleic acid-templated transcription
positive regulation of RNA biosynthetic process
negative regulation of gene expression
positive regulation of RNA metabolic process
positive regulation of molecular function
positive regulation of nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process
positive regulation of macromolecule biosynthetic process
system process
positive regulation of cellular biosynthetic process
positive regulation of gene expression
positive regulation of biosynthetic process