zinc finger protein 57 homolog (Zfp-57, zinc finger protein 698, ZFP57, C6orf40, ZNF698)

Function

• acts as a transcriptional repressor in Schwann cells

Structure

• belongs to the krueppel C2H2-type zinc-finger protein family
• contains 7 C2H2-type zinc fingers
• contains 1 KRAB domain

Compartment

nucleus

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

More general terms

• C2H2 type zinc finger protein
• transcriptional silencer (transcriptional repressor)

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9NU63.html