The CNBP gene provides instructions for making a protein called CCHC-type zinc finger nucleic acid binding protein. This protein has seven regions, called zinc finger domains, which are thought to attach (bind) to specific sites on DNA and its chemical cousin, RNA.
The CNBP protein is found in many of the body’s tissues, but it is most abundant in the heart and in muscles used for movement (skeletal muscles). The CNBP protein regulates the activity of other genes and is necessary for normal development before birth, particularly of muscles.
One region of the CNBP gene contains a segment of four DNA building blocks (nucleotides) that is repeated multiple times. This sequence, which is written as CCTG, is called a tetranucleotide repeat. In most people, the CCTG sequence is repeated fewer than 26 times.
Other Names
CCHC-type zinc finger, nucleic acid binding protein; cellular nucleic acid binding protein; cellular retroviral nucleic acid-binding protein 1; CNBP1; CNBP_HUMAN; DM2; ZCCHC22; zinc finger 9 protein; zinc finger protein 273; zinc finger protein 9; zinc finger protein 9 (a cellular retroviral nucleic acid binding protein); ZNF9
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Identifiers
- NCBI Gene: 7555
- OMIM: 116955
Source: MedlinePlus Genetics, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
