Human Gene Module / Chromosome 1 / ZNF644

ZNF644zinc finger protein 644

SFARI Gene Score
3
Suggestive Evidence Criteria 3.1
Autism Reports / Total Reports
3 / 3
Rare Variants / Common Variants
3 / 0
Aliases
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Associated Syndromes
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Chromosome Band
1p22.2
Associated Disorders
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Relevance to Autism

Chen et al., 2025 integrated cortex cell-specific cis-regulatory element annotations, a deep learning-based variant prediction model, and massively parallel reporter assays to systematically evaluate the functional impact of 227,878 non-coding de novo mutations (ncDNMs) in ASD probands from Simons Simplex Collection (SSC) and Autism Speaks MSSNG resource (MSSNG) cohorts and identified a ncDNM that down-regulated expression of the ZNF644 gene in a MSSNG proband. A de novo loss-of-function variant and a de novo missense variant have also been identified in the ZNF644 gene in ASD probands (Iossifov et al., 2014; Tan et al., 2024).

Molecular Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a zinc finger transcription factor that may play a role in eye development. Defects in this gene have been associated with high myopia (MYP21; OMIM 614167).

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Reports related to ZNF644 (3 Reports)
# Type Title Author, Year Autism Report Associated Disorders
1 Support The contribution of de novo coding mutations to autism spectrum disorder Iossifov I et al. (2014) Yes -
2 Support - Senwei Tan et al. () Yes -
3 Primary - Congcong Chen et al. () Yes -
Rare Variants   (3)
Status Allele Change Residue Change Variant Type Inheritance Pattern Parental Transmission Family Type PubMed ID Author, Year
G>A - intergenic_variant De novo - Multiplex 40738258 Congcong Chen et al. ()
c.1609G>A p.Glu537Lys missense_variant De novo - Simplex 25363768 Iossifov I et al. (2014)
c.873_876del p.Arg291SerfsTer6 frameshift_variant De novo - Simplex 39472663 Senwei Tan et al. ()
Common Variants  

No common variants reported.

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