{"symbol":"ZNF879","synonyms":["DKFZP686E2433"],"name":"zinc finger protein 879","description":"This gene encodes a kruppel-associated box-containing zinc finger protein (KRAB-ZFP). The encoded protein contains an N-terminal kruppel-associated box (KRAB) domain and thirteen C-terminal C2H2-type zinc finger domains. The KRAB-ZFPs represent the largest family of mammalian transcriptional repressors, which function through the recruitment of the nuclear co-factor KRAB-Associated Protein 1 (KAP1), to engage histone modifiers and induce heterochromatin formation. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2017]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":345462,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/345462","proteins":[{"symbol":"ZN879_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/ZN879_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"Zinc fingers","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Zinc+fingers"}]}