ZSCAN16

protein-coding

zinc finger and SCAN domain containing 16, the group of SCAN domain containing|Zinc fingers C2H2-type

Gene summary

Enables sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to be located in nucleus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Previous symbols:

ZNF392
ZNF435

MANE transcript

NM_025231.3

Inheritance

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ClinVar variants

U:44B:2

Top phenotype

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gnomAD constraint

pLI —, LoF o/e 0.88

Max pathogenic AF

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Genomic locus

chr6:28,107,689-28,130,082

External References & Databases

Ensembl (ENSG00000196812)

Transcript & Mutation Effects

hg38 • Region Span ~22.4 kb

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GenCC Phenotypes & Disease Associations

Curated gene-disease validity assertions and inheritance patterns

No GenCC data available for this gene.

ClinVar Associated Diseases & Phenotypes

Reported disease conditions connected to ZSCAN16 variants in ClinVar

1 Conditions Cataloged

not specifiedTotal: 43

ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type

Statistics based on transcript NM_025231.3. Only rare variants are included.

We include only reliable ClinVar variants with their consequences to MANE Select, MANE Plus Clinical transcripts, or transcripts with TSL equal to 1. Click a count to filter the variants table below.

Slight differences between displayed counts and ClinVar may occur due to a different transcript/consequence chosen by our variant effect predictor, or because we classify Benign/Likely benign as Likely benign and Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic as Likely pathogenic.

Effect	PathogenicP	Likely pathogenicLP	VUS	Likely benignLB	BenignB	Sum
synonymous						0
missense			44 clinvar	2 clinvar		46
nonsense						0
start loss						0
frameshift						0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)						0
Total	0	0	44	2	0	46

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Transcript Catalog

Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases

Showing 4 of 29 transcripts

Transcript ID	Source	Protein ID	Coding Exons	MANE Status
NM_025231.3	RefSeq	NP_079507.1	3	MANE Select
ENST00000340487.5	Ensembl	ENSP00000366527.3	3	MANE Select
NM_001320555.2	RefSeq	NP_001307484.1	3	Standard
NM_001320556.2	RefSeq	NP_001307485.1	3	Standard

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways

Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways

Biological Process

regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II

Molecular Function

DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
DNA binding
protein binding
metal ion binding

Cellular Component

nucleus

gnomAD Constraint

Source: gnomAD

Gene type: protein_coding
Transcript type: protein_coding
Transcript: ENST00000340487
Coding exons: 3
Length: 5523
Individuals with no LoFs: 125420
Homozygous LoFs: 5
Heterozygous LoFs: 321
Defined: 125746
p: 0.00130

	Z-Score	Observed	Expected	Observed/Expected	Mutation Rate	Total Possible
Missense	0.788	154	184	0.837	0.00000924	2295
Missense (PolyPhen)		45	59.302	0.75882		745
Synonymous	1.21	54	66.6	0.811	0.00000321	636
Loss of Function	0.377	11	12.4	0.885	5.23e-7	175

Population LoF Frequency

Population	CAF	p-value	Status
African	0.00089	0.00086	rare
Latino/Admixed American	0.00029	0.00029	rare
Ashkenazi Jewish	0	0.0	absent
East Asian	0.00038	0.00038	rare
Finnish	0.000046	0.000046	rare
European (Non-Finnish)	0.00018	0.00017	rare
South Asian	0.0090	0.0089	notable
Other	0.00082	0.00081	rare

dbNSFP Gene Annotations

Source: dbNSFP

Function: FUNCTION: May be involved in transcriptional regulation.;

Recessive Scores

pRec: 0.103

Intolerance Scores

LoFtool: 0.728
RVIS EVS: 0.26
RVIS percentile EVS: 70.44

Essentials

Essential (CRISPR): N
Essential (CRISPR2): N
Essential (gene trap): N
Indispensability pred.: E
Indispensability score: 0.539

Gene Damage Prediction

	All	Recessive	Dominant
Mendelian	Medium	Medium	Medium
Primary Immunodeficiency	Medium	Medium	Medium
Cancer	Medium	Medium	Medium