ZNF398
Chr 7zinc finger protein 398
Functions as a transcriptional activator
0
ClinVar variants
0
Pathogenic / LP
0.15
pLI score
0
Active trials
Clinical Summary— ZNF398
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Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Constrained for loss-of-function variants (OE-LoF 0.26) despite low pLI — interpret in context.
Population Genetics & Constraint
gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance
Moderate LoF intolerance
LoF Constraint?LOEUF (Loss-of-function Observed/Expected Upper bound Fraction) is the upper bound of the 90% CI for LoF OE — the preferred gnomAD v4 metric. Lower = more intolerant to LoF. LOEUF < 0.35 = highly constrained.
0.51LOEUF
pLI 0.146
Z-score 3.32
OE 0.26 (0.14–0.51)
More LoF-intolerant than ~75% of genes
Missense Constraint?Missense Z-score: standard deviations fewer missense variants observed vs. expected. Z > 3.09 (p < 0.001) = gene does not tolerate missense variation. OE missense < 0.6 is also considered constrained.
1.07Z-score
OE missense 0.84 (0.77–0.93)
314 obs / 372.1 exp
Mild missense constraint
Observed / Expected Ratios?Shaded band = 90% confidence interval. Vertical tick = point estimate. Grey threshold line = gnomAD constraint cutoff for that variant class.
LoF OE?Ratio of observed to expected LoF variants. Upper CI bound (LOEUF) ≤ 0.35 = strong LoF constraint signal.0.26 (0.14–0.51)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.0.84 (0.77–0.93)
0≤0.61.4
Synonymous OE?Control metric — synonymous variants are largely neutral and expected near OE = 1.0. Significant deviation may indicate annotation issues.0.90
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 6 / 23.3Missense obs/exp: 314 / 372.1Syn Z: 0.91
ClinVar Variant Classifications
0 submitted variants in ClinVar
Protein Context — Lollipop Plot
ZNF398 · protein map & ClinVar variants
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OMIM — Genotype-Phenotype Relationships
1 OMIM entry
ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 398; ZNF398
MIM #618593 · *
External Resources
Links to major genomics databases and tools
Variant Interpretation
Population Databases
Gene Resources
Expert Curation
ClinGen
Expert-curated gene-disease validity
GenCC
Gene Curation Coalition — multi-curator classifications
Orphanet
Rare disease encyclopedia and gene-disease associations
PanelApp
Gene panels for rare disease diagnostics (Genomics England)
LOVD
Leiden Open Variation Database — variant listings
GeneReviews
Expert-authored summaries of heritable conditions (NCBI)
Clinical Literature
Landmark / reviewRecent case evidence
Key Publications
Landmark & review papers · by relevance
The transcriptional regulator ZNF398 mediates pluripotency and epithelial character downstream of TGF-beta in human PSCs.
Zorzan I et al.·Nat Commun
2020
A human epiblast model reveals dynamic TGFβ-mediated control of epithelial identity during mammalian epiblast development.
Zorzan I et al.·Nat Cell Biol
2026Functional
The association of GNB5 with Alzheimer disease revealed by genomic analysis restricted to variants impacting gene function.
Zhang J et al.·Am J Hum Genet
2024
Upregulation of p52-ZER6 (ZNF398) increases reactive oxygen species by suppressing metallothionein-3 in neuronal cells.
Kwag E et al.·Biochem Biophys Res Commun
2025
p52-ZER6: a determinant of tumor cell sensitivity to MDM2-p53 binding inhibitors.
Li WF et al.·Acta Pharmacol Sin
2023
Top 10 resultsSearch PubMed ↗
Recent Gene-Specific Literature
Gene in title · MEDLINE · newest first
No open access results found
Top 5 resultsSearch Europe PMC ↗
Clinical Trials
Active and recruiting trials from ClinicalTrials.gov
No active trials found for this gene.
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Links to major genomics databases and tools
Variant Interpretation
Population Databases
Gene Resources
Expert Curation
ClinGen
Expert-curated gene-disease validity
GenCC
Gene Curation Coalition — multi-curator classifications
Orphanet
Rare disease encyclopedia and gene-disease associations
PanelApp
Gene panels for rare disease diagnostics (Genomics England)
LOVD
Leiden Open Variation Database — variant listings
GeneReviews
Expert-authored summaries of heritable conditions (NCBI)