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Gene

ZNF18

zinc finger protein 18

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17p12
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 11,977,439–11,997,475 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 20 kb
Protein
549 amino acids
Also known as
ZKSCAN6, KOX11, HDSG1, Zfp535, ZNF535, ZSCAN38
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000580306.7NM_001303281.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads ZNF18 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ZNF18 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where ZNF18 sits. ZNF18 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 11,487,457 to 12,487,456.Chromosome 1717p12p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.311.6 Mb11.8 Mb12 Mb12.2 Mb12.4 MbSHISA6: 11,240,538–11,564,063, forward strandSHISA6DNAH9: 11,598,457–11,969,748, forward strandDNAH9ZNF18: 11,977,439–11,997,475, reverse strandZNF18MAP2K4: 12,020,808–12,143,830, forward strandMAP2K4Diagram of ZNF18: 7 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 17Exon 7: 11,977,439–11,978,744, 1,306 basesExon 6: 11,983,297–11,983,407, 111 basesExon 5: 11,984,113–11,984,197, 85 basesExon 4: 11,990,462–11,990,550, 89 basesExon 3: 11,990,974–11,991,163, 190 basesExon 2: 11,992,443–11,992,911, 469 basesExon 1: 11,997,431–11,997,475, 45 bases76543215′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 2.3 kb of the gene's 20 kb; 1,650 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). ZNF18 gene: zinc finger protein 18. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/znf18

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ZNF18 gene: zinc finger protein 18 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/znf18

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