Zinc finger protein 444 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ZNF444 gene.
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Function
This gene encodes a zinc finger protein which activates transcription of a scavenger receptor gene involved in the degradation of acetylated low density lipoprotein (Ac-LDL) (PMID: 11978792). This gene is located in a cluster of zinc finger genes on chromosome 19 at q13.4. A pseudogene of this gene is located on chromosome 15. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.
Adachi H, Tsujimoto M (2002). "Characterization of the human gene encoding the scavenger receptor expressed by endothelial cell and its regulation by a novel transcription factor, endothelial zinc finger protein-2". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (27): 24014–21. doi:10.1074/jbc.M201854200. PMID11978792.