title: Identification and characterization of DPZF, a novel human BTB/POZ zinc finger protein sharing homology to BCL-6.
abstract: The C2H2 zinc finger protein family is one of the largest families of transcription factors. We identified a novel BTB/POZ zinc finger gene from human dendritic cells (DC), which encodes a 733-residue protein with a BTB/POZ domain at the N-terminal and 4 C2H2 zinc fingers at C-terminal. It was designated dendritic cell-derived BTB/POZ zinc finger (DPZF). DPZF protein shares closest homology to BCL-6, with the highest homology present in the BTB/POZ and zinc finger domains. Like BCL-6, DPZF gene is localized on chromosome 3. It is widely expressed in hematopoietic tissues, including DC, monocytes, B cells, and T cells. DPZF protein expression is detectable in lymphoid neoplasm with a molecular mass of 100 kD, especially in B lymphoma. These indicate that DPZF may be a transcription factor closely related to BCL-6, and may be involved in hematopoiesis, oncogenesis, and immune responses.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunology, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D000075722:Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger Protein; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051560:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D000075722:Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger Protein; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051560:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; C427486:ZBTB20 protein, human; C092037:ZBTB16 protein, human