zfp-2 encodes a zinc-finger transcription factor; loss of zfp-2 and lin-35/Rb results in almost complete sterility accompanied by defects in somatic gonad development and vulval morphology, as well as polyploidization of somatic cell nuclei; loss of zfp-2 activity by itself reveals that zfp-2 is also required for cosuppression, inhibition of RNAi of some genes, and wild-type levels of expression of a rol-6 extrachromosomal array; a zfp-2::GFP promoter fusion construct is expressed in vulval cells and all somatic gonad structures, such as the spermatheca, sheath cells, uterine cells and distal tip cells (DTCs).
Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Expressed in body wall musculature; hermaphrodite gonad; pharynx; seam cell; and vulva. Is an ortholog of human ZBTB32 (zinc finger and BTB domain containing 32).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.