This gene encodes a zinc-finger protein. Low-percent homology to certain collagens suggests that it may function as a transcription factor or extra-nuclear regulator factor for the synthesis or organization of collagen fibers. Mutations in this gene cause brittle cornea syndrome.[1]
↑Vincent AL, Jordan CA, Cadzow MJ, Merriman TR, McGhee CN (2014). "Mutations in the zinc finger protein gene, ZNF469, contribute to the pathogenesis of keratoconus". Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 55: 5629–35. doi:10.1167/iovs.14-14532. PMID25097247.
Further reading
Vitart V, Bencić G, Hayward C, Skunca Herman J, Huffman J, Campbell S, Bućan K, Navarro P, Gunjaca G, Marin J, Zgaga L, Kolcić I, Polasek O, Kirin M, Hastie ND, Wilson JF, Rudan I, Campbell H, Vatavuk Z, Fleck B, Wright A (2010). "New loci associated with central cornea thickness include COL5A1, AKAP13 and AVGR8". Hum. Mol. Genet. 19 (21): 4304–11. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddq349. PMID20719862.
Christensen AE, Knappskog PM, Midtbø M, Gjesdal CG, Mengel-From J, Morling N, Rødahl E, Boman H (2010). "Brittle cornea syndrome associated with a missense mutation in the zinc-finger 469 gene". Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 51 (1): 47–52. doi:10.1167/iovs.09-4251. PMID19661234.
Hoehn R, Zeller T, Verhoeven VJ, Grus F, Adler M, Wolfs RC, Uitterlinden AG, Castagne R, Schillert A, Klaver CC, Pfeiffer N, Mirshahi A (2012). "Population-based meta-analysis in Caucasians confirms association with COL5A1 and ZNF469 but not COL8A2 with central corneal thickness". Hum. Genet. 131 (11): 1783–93. doi:10.1007/s00439-012-1201-3. PMID22814818.
Khan AO, Aldahmesh MA, Mohamed JN, Alkuraya FS (2010). "Blue sclera with and without corneal fragility (brittle cornea syndrome) in a consanguineous family harboring ZNF469 mutation (p.E1392X)". Arch. Ophthalmol. 128 (10): 1376–9. doi:10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.238. PMID20938016.