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DPF2 double PHD fingers 2 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 5977, updated on 6-Jul-2025
Official Symbol
DPF2provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
double PHD fingers 2provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:9964
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000133884 MIM:601671; AllianceGenome:HGNC:9964
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
REQ; CSS7; UBID4; ubi-d4; SMARCG2
Summary
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the d4 domain family, characterized by a zinc finger-like structural motif. This protein functions as a transcription factor which is necessary for the apoptotic response following deprivation of survival factors. It likely serves a regulatory role in rapid hematopoietic cell growth and turnover. This gene is considered a candidate gene for multiple endocrine neoplasia type I, an inherited cancer syndrome involving multiple parathyroid, enteropancreatic, and pituitary tumors. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Expression
Ubiquitous expression in testis (RPKM 23.7), ovary (RPKM 23.0) and 25 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Location:
11q13.1
Exon count:
12
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 11 NC_000011.10 (65333852..65354262)
RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 11 NC_060935.1 (65327170..65347565)
RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 11 NC_000011.9 (65101323..65121733)

Chromosome 11 - NC_000011.10Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 3513 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 3514 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 3515 Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr11:65086579-65086802 Neighboring gene CDC42 effector protein 2 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC124902691 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 4953 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 3516 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr11:65104413-65104913 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 3518 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 3517 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 3519 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 3520 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 3521 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 3865 Neighboring gene tigger transposable element derived 3 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr11:65144096-65144596 Neighboring gene FERM domain containing 8 Neighboring gene solute carrier family 25 member 45 Neighboring gene P300/CBP strongly-dependent group 1 enhancer GRCh37_chr11:65149420-65150619 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 10780

Go to nucleotide: Graphics FASTA GenBank

  • Project title: Tissue-specific circular RNA induction during human fetal development
  • Description: 35 human fetal samples from 6 tissues (3 - 7 replicates per tissue) collected between 10 and 20 weeks gestational time were sequenced using Illumina TruSeq Stranded Total RNA
  • BioProject: PRJNA270632
  • Publication: PMID 26076956
  • Analysis date: Mon Apr 2 22:54:59 2018

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. DPF2-related Coffin-Siris syndrome type 7 in two generations.
    Title: DPF2-related Coffin-Siris syndrome type 7 in two generations.
  2. BAF45D knockdown decreases cell viability, inhibits colony formation, induces cell apoptosis and S-phase arrest in human pancreatic cancer cells.
    Title: BAF45D knockdown decreases cell viability, inhibits colony formation, induces cell apoptosis and S-phase arrest in human pancreatic cancer cells.
  3. de novo variants in DPF2 cause Coffin-Siris syndrome and propose a dominant-negative mechanism of pathogenicity.
    Title: Mutations in the BAF-Complex Subunit DPF2 Are Associated with Coffin-Siris Syndrome.
  4. Authors show that DPF2 interacts with the acetylated tails of both histones 3 and 4 via bipartite binding pockets on the DPF2 surface. Blocking these interactions through targeted mutagenesis of DPF2 abolishes its recruitment to target chromatin regions as well as its ability to prevent myeloid differentiation in vivo.
    Title: Histone-binding of DPF2 mediates its repressive role in myeloid differentiation.
  5. Upon influenza virus infection, DPF2 dysregulated IFN-beta induction and expression of cytokines/chemokines and antiviral proteins. This study provides evidence that influenza virus utilizes DPF2 to escape host innate immunity.
    Title: Double Plant Homeodomain Fingers 2 (DPF2) Promotes the Immune Escape of Influenza Virus by Suppressing Beta Interferon Production.
  6. The demonstrate that the histone acetylation-binding double PHD finger (DPF) domains of human MOZ (also known as KAT6A) and DPF2 (also known as BAF45d) accommodate a wide range of histone lysine acylation with the strongest preference for propionylation (Kcr).
    Title: Selective recognition of histone crotonylation by double PHD fingers of MOZ and DPF2.
  7. the role of SMARCA4 and the two SWI/SNF subunits SMARCD2/BAF60B and DPF2/BAF45D in leukaemia, was investigated.
    Title: SWI/SNF Subunits SMARCA4, SMARCD2 and DPF2 Collaborate in MLL-Rearranged Leukaemia Maintenance.
  8. DPF2 decreases monomeric and mono-ubiquitinated OCT4, assembles poly-ubiquitin chains on OCT4 mainly through Ub-K48 linkage
    Title: DPF2 regulates OCT4 protein level and nuclear distribution.
  9. crystal structure of the C2H2-type zinc finger domain of human DPF2 with a canonical C2H2 fold, which contains two beta strands and one alpha helix, was reported.
    Title: Crystal structure of the Cys2His2-type zinc finger domain of human DPF2.
  10. found that targeting Requiem and Alg-2 did not result in extended culture viability, but resulted in an increase in maximum viable cell numbers and cumulative IVCD under fed-batch conditions
    Title: Simultaneous targeting of Requiem & Alg-2 in Chinese hamster ovary cells for improved recombinant protein production.
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Associated conditions

Description Tests
Coffin-Siris syndrome 7
MedGen: C4747954 OMIM: 618027 GeneReviews: Coffin-Siris Syndrome
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EBI GWAS Catalog

Description
Genome-wide association study identifies three novel susceptibility loci for severe Acne vulgaris.
EBI GWAS Catalog

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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

Markers

Homology

Clone Names

  • MGC10180

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables histone H3K14ac reader activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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NOT enables histone H3K9me2/3 reader activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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enables histone H4K16ac reader activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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enables metal ion binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
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enables transcription corepressor activity TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
enables zinc ion binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in apoptotic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in apoptotic process TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in apoptotic signaling pathway TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in chromatin organization IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in chromatin remodeling NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of myeloid progenitor cell differentiation IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
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involved_in negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in nervous system development IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
involved_in positive regulation of double-strand break repair NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of stem cell population maintenance NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
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involved_in regulation of G0 to G1 transition NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in regulation of G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
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involved_in regulation of mitotic metaphase/anaphase transition NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
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involved_in regulation of nucleotide-excision repair NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
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involved_in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
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Component Evidence Code Pubs
part_of SWI/SNF complex NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
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located_in centrosome IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
  
located_in chromatin HDA PubMed 
located_in chromatin IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
located_in chromatin NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
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located_in cytoplasm IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
located_in cytosol IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
  
part_of nBAF complex IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
located_in nucleoplasm IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
  
located_in nucleoplasm TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
  
located_in nucleus IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
located_in nucleus IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Preferred Names
zinc finger protein ubi-d4
Names
BAF45D
BRG1-associated factor 45D
D4, zinc and double PHD fingers family 2
apoptosis response zinc finger protein
protein requiem
requiem, apoptosis response zinc finger

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001330308.2 → NP_001317237.1  zinc finger protein ubi-d4 isoform 2

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AI381588, AL555427, AP000944, BI753338, BP201169, CB045170
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS81583.1
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A994J426, J3KMZ8
    Related
    ENSP00000252268.4, ENST00000252268.8
    Conserved Domains (4) summary
    COG5189
    Location:201 → 247
    SFP1; Putative transcriptional repressor regulating G2/M transition [Transcription / Cell division and chromosome partitioning]
    cd15530
    Location:343 → 388
    PHD2_d4; PHD finger 2 found in d4 gene family proteins
    cd15691
    Location:286 → 341
    PHD1_DPF2_like; PHD finger 1 found in D4, zinc and double PHD fingers family 2 (DPF2)
    pfam14051
    Location:13 → 75
    Requiem_N; N-terminal domain of DPF2/REQ

  2. NM_006268.5 → NP_006259.1  zinc finger protein ubi-d4 isoform 1

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_006259.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AK313408, AP000944, BC014889
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS8100.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    A8K7C9, B4DT58, Q92785
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A994J426
    Related
    ENSP00000436901.1, ENST00000528416.6
    Conserved Domains (4) summary
    COG5189
    Location:201 → 233
    SFP1; Putative transcriptional repressor regulating G2/M transition [Transcription / Cell division and chromosome partitioning]
    cd15530
    Location:329 → 374
    PHD2_d4; PHD finger 2 found in d4 gene family proteins
    cd15691
    Location:272 → 327
    PHD1_DPF2_like; PHD finger 1 found in D4, zinc and double PHD fingers family 2 (DPF2)
    pfam14051
    Location:13 → 75
    Requiem_N; N-terminal domain of DPF2/REQ

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000011.10 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    65333852..65354262
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_017018101.3 → XP_016873590.1  zinc finger protein ubi-d4 isoform X1

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A994J426
    Conserved Domains (4) summary
    COG5189
    Location:181 → 227
    SFP1; Putative transcriptional repressor regulating G2/M transition [Transcription / Cell division and chromosome partitioning]
    cd15530
    Location:323 → 368
    PHD2_d4; PHD finger 2 found in d4 gene family proteins
    cd15691
    Location:266 → 321
    PHD1_DPF2_like; PHD finger 1 found in D4, zinc and double PHD fingers family 2 (DPF2)
    pfam14051
    Location:1 → 55
    Requiem_N; N-terminal domain of DPF2/REQ

RNA

  1. XR_007062491.1 RNA Sequence

Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060935.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    65327170..65347565
    Download
    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

RNA

  1. XR_008488422.1 RNA Sequence

Nucleotide Protein
Heading Accession and Version
Protein Accession Links
GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
Q92785.2 GenPept UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:Q92785

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