WIZ WIZ zinc finger [Homo sapiens (human)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: WIZprovided by HGNC
Official Full Name: WIZ zinc fingerprovided by HGNC
Primary source: HGNC:HGNC:30917
See related: Ensembl:ENSG00000011451 MIM:619715; AllianceGenome:HGNC:30917
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: ZNF803
Summary: Enables several functions, including RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity; histone methyltransferase binding activity; and transcription corepressor binding activity. Involved in positive regulation of nuclear cell cycle DNA replication and protein stabilization. Located in midbody and nucleoplasm. Biomarker of atherosclerosis. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]
Expression: Ubiquitous expression in testis (RPKM 8.9), fat (RPKM 6.6) and 25 other tissues See more
Orthologs: mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 19p13.12

Exon count:: 16

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_08	current	GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40)	19	NC_000019.10 (15419978..15449956, complement)
RS_2024_08	current	T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1)	19	NC_060943.1 (15544969..15574945, complement)
RS_2024_09	previous assembly	GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25)	19	NC_000019.9 (15530789..15560767, complement)

Chromosome 19 - NC_000019.10 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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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

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

Disrupting the association of G9a-GLP with chromatin by depleting WIZ resulted in altered gene expression and protein-protein interactions that were distinguishable from that of small molecule-based inhibition of G9a/GLP
Title: A Role for Widely Interspaced Zinc Finger (WIZ) in Retention of the G9a Methyltransferase on Chromatin.
Data indicate zinc finger proteins ZNF644 and WIZ as two core subunits in the histone-lysine N-methyltransferase G9a/GLP complex, and interact with the transcription activation domain of G9a and GLP.
Title: The zinc finger proteins ZNF644 and WIZ regulate the G9a/GLP complex for gene repression.

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Phenotypes

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Variation

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

SHGC-108020 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:170509

WI-19262 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:8562

STS-Z41441 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:79790

MARC_9986-9987:996688740:1 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:270041

SHGC-35181 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:27890

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables histone methyltransferase binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone methyltransferase binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed
enables metal ion binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables protein binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed
enables protein-containing complex binding	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables protein-containing complex binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables transcription corepressor binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed
enables zinc ion binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in positive regulation of nuclear cell cycle DNA replication	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in protein stabilization	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in extracellular exosome	HDA more info	PubMed
located_in midbody	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info
located_in nucleoplasm	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info
is_active_in nucleus	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in nucleus	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in nucleus	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: protein Wiz

Names: widely interspaced zinc finger motifs; widely-interspaced zinc finger-containing protein; zinc finger protein 803

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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