Zinc Finger Protein 711 (ZNF711)

ZNF6 gene is highly conserved across species. Dosage in male and female mice indicated that it is also X-linked in that species. ZFX, ZFY, and ZNF6 may be derived from a common ancestral gene.

Habeebu et al. (1989) reported that 5CMP1 maps to 2 distinct loci on chromosome 5, one on 5p14-p13 and the other on 5q12-q13. Habeebu et al. (1989) suggested the symbols TZF1 and TZF2 for the 2 zinc finger loci on chromosome 5 and XF1 for the locus on the X chromosome. The standing nomenclature committee of the Human Gene Mapping Workshops recommended ZNF4, ZNF5, and ZNF6 for these 3 loci, respectively. Scott (2007) stated that there was no supporting evidence for the loci designated ZNF4 and ZNF5.