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ZFAND3 zinc finger AN1-type containing 3 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 60685, updated on 3-Mar-2026
Official Symbol
ZFAND3provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
zinc finger AN1-type containing 3provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:18019
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000156639 MIM:607455; AllianceGenome:HGNC:18019
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
VALIDATED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
TEX27
Summary
Predicted to enable DNA binding activity and zinc ion binding activity. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Expression
Ubiquitous expression in testis (RPKM 29.7), thyroid (RPKM 22.9) and 25 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Location:
6p21.2
Exon count:
7
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2025_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 6 NC_000006.12 (37819727..38154624)
RS_2025_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 6 NC_060930.1 (37644497..37979293)
RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 6 NC_000006.11 (37787503..38122400)

Chromosome 6 - NC_000006.12Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 24477 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17144 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37663553-37664282 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37664283-37665012 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17147 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17148 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17149 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17150 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17151 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17152 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17153 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37695835-37696335 Neighboring gene MAM domain containing glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor 1 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 24478 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37717757-37718578 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37730195-37730696 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37744227-37744777 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37744845-37745776 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory regions 13021 and 15353 Neighboring gene Neanderthal introgressed variant-containing enhancer experimental_91469 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 24480 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37787069-37787871 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17156 Neighboring gene ZFAND3 divergent transcript Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17157 Neighboring gene MPRA-validated peak5795 silencer Neighboring gene RNA, 7SL, cytoplasmic 285, pseudogene Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 24481 Neighboring gene MPRA-validated peak5796 silencer Neighboring gene OCT4-NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37849025-37849590 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17158 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17159 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:37896413-37896914 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17160 Neighboring gene RNA, variant U1 small nuclear 33 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 1536 Neighboring gene ITGAE pseudogene 1 Neighboring gene NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:38087202-38088004 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC124901314 Neighboring gene OCT4-NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:38105943-38106787 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:38120813-38121433 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:38129468-38130436 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:38135966-38136596 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:38136597-38137228 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:38137229-38137860 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC124901315 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:38159455-38159964 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:38159965-38160474 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC124901525 Neighboring gene BTB domain containing 9

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

Related articles in PubMed

  1. AN1-type zinc finger protein 3 (ZFAND3) is a transcriptional regulator that drives Glioblastoma invasion. Schuster A, et al. Nat Commun, 2020 Dec 11. PMID 33311477, Free PMC Article
  2. Tex27, a gene containing a zinc-finger domain, is up-regulated during the haploid stages of spermatogenesis. de Luis O, et al. Exp Cell Res, 1999 Jun 15. PMID 10366431
  3. Assessing variation across 8 established East Asian loci for type 2 diabetes mellitus in American Indians: Suggestive evidence for new sex-specific diabetes signals in GLIS3 and ZFAND3. Muller YL, et al. Diabetes Metab Res Rev, 2017 May. PMID 27862917
  4. Expression and functional assessment of candidate type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes identify four new genes contributing to human insulin secretion. Ndiaye FK, et al. Mol Metab, 2017 Jun. PMID 28580277, Free PMC Article
  5. Genome-wide detection of allele specific copy number variation associated with insulin resistance in African Americans from the HyperGEN study. Irvin MR, et al. PLoS One, 2011. PMID 21901158, Free PMC Article

See all (26) citations in PubMed

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. AN1-type zinc finger protein 3 (ZFAND3) is a transcriptional regulator that drives Glioblastoma invasion.
    Title: AN1-type zinc finger protein 3 (ZFAND3) is a transcriptional regulator that drives Glioblastoma invasion.
  2. ZFAND3 was identified as a type 2 diabetes susceptibility gene. ZFAND3 plays a role in insulin secretion in vitro.
    Title: Expression and functional assessment of candidate type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes identify four new genes contributing to human insulin secretion.
  3. Replication of lead type 2 diabetes mellitus SNPs in GLIS3, KCNK16, and ZFAND3 was observed in American Indians. Sex-specific T2DM signals in GLIS3 and ZFAND3, which are distinct from the East Asian GWAS signals, were also identified.
    Title: Assessing variation across 8 established East Asian loci for type 2 diabetes mellitus in American Indians: Suggestive evidence for new sex-specific diabetes signals in GLIS3 and ZFAND3.
  4. Clinical trial of gene-disease association and gene-environment interaction. (HuGE Navigator)
    Title: Personalized smoking cessation: interactions between nicotine dose, dependence and quit-success genotype score.
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EBI GWAS Catalog

Description
Genome-wide association study identifies three novel susceptibility loci for severe Acne vulgaris.
EBI GWAS Catalog
Genome-wide detection of allele specific copy number variation associated with insulin resistance in African Americans from the HyperGEN study.
EBI GWAS Catalog
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies eight new loci for type 2 diabetes in east Asians.
EBI GWAS Catalog

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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

Markers

Homology

Clone Names

  • FLJ13222, FLJ17799

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables DNA binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables metal ion binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
 PubMed 
enables zinc ion binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Preferred Names
AN1-type zinc finger protein 3
Names
testis expressed sequence 27
testis-expressed protein 27
zinc finger, AN1-type domain 3

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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_001410904.1 → NP_001397833.1  AN1-type zinc finger protein 3 isoform 2

    Status: VALIDATED

    Source sequence(s)
    AL121574, AL133377, AL589655
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS93913.1
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    E2QRF5
    Related
    ENSP00000362489.2, ENST00000373391.6

  2. NM_021943.3 → NP_068762.1  AN1-type zinc finger protein 3 isoform 1

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_068762.1

    Status: VALIDATED

    Source sequence(s)
    AI817165, AL137302, AW023961, BC031481, BP305887
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS4836.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q5SZZ0, Q5SZZ1, Q9H8U3
    Related
    ENSP00000287218.4, ENST00000287218.9
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    pfam01428
    Location:160 → 194
    zf-AN1; AN1-like Zinc finger
    pfam01754
    Location:19 → 36
    zf-A20; A20-like zinc finger

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2025_08

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

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000006.12 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    37819727..38154624
    Download
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_011514790.3 → XP_011513092.1  AN1-type zinc finger protein 3 isoform X2

    Related
    ENSP00000564383.1, ENST00000894324.1
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam01754
    Location:19 → 36
    zf-A20; A20-like zinc finger

  2. XM_017011171.3 → XP_016866660.1  AN1-type zinc finger protein 3 isoform X1

    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam01428
    Location:144 → 178
    zf-AN1; AN1-like Zinc finger

Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060930.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    37644497..37979293
    Download
    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_054356171.1 → XP_054212146.1  AN1-type zinc finger protein 3 isoform X2

  2. XM_054356170.1 → XP_054212145.1  AN1-type zinc finger protein 3 isoform X1

Nucleotide Protein
Heading Accession and Version
Protein Accession Links
GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
Q9H8U3.1 GenPept UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:Q9H8U3

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