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ZIC3

Chr Xq26.3

Zic family zinc finger 3

Aliases:
HTX, ZNF203
MANE:
ENST00000287538.10

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • CAKUT

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Clefting

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • DDG2P

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Familial non syndromic congenital heart disease

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Fetal anomalies

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Hydrocephalus

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Laterality disorders and isomerism

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Limb disorders

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • heterotaxy, visceral, 1, X-linked

    0.80
  • VACTERL association, X-linked, with or without hydrocephalus

    0.77
  • congenital heart defects, multiple types, 1, X-linked

    0.66
  • visceral heterotaxy

    0.60
  • Heterotaxia

    0.56
  • neurodegenerative disease

    0.51
  • anorectal malformation

    0.37
  • hereditary disease

    0.34
  • Alzheimer disease

    0.28
  • lysosomal storage disease

    0.28

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Zinc finger protein ZIC 3

Acts as a transcriptional activator. Required in the earliest stages in both axial midline development and left-right (LR) asymmetry specification. Binds to the minimal GLI-consensus sequence 5'-GGGTGGTC-3'

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.