TSHZ3

Teashirt zinc finger homeobox 3
PDB rendering based on 2dmi.
Available structures PDB 2dmi
Identifiers
Symbols	TSHZ3; FLJ54422; KIAA1474; TSH3; ZNF537
External IDs	MGI: 2442819 HomoloGene: 10835 GeneCards: TSHZ3 Gene
Gene Ontology Molecular function • chromatin binding • sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity • protein binding • zinc ion binding • sequence-specific DNA binding • metal ion binding Cellular component • intracellular • nucleus • mitochondrion • growth cone • cell projection Biological process • metanephros development • ureteric bud development • in utero embryonic development • regulation of respiratory gaseous exchange by neurological system process • multicellular organismal development • lung development • negative regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent • smooth muscle tissue development • musculoskeletal movement • sensory perception of touch • positive regulation of smooth muscle cell differentiation • kidney morphogenesis • ureteric peristalsis • ureter smooth muscle cell differentiation • kidney smooth muscle cell differentiation Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	57616	243931
Ensembl	ENSG00000121297	ENSMUSG00000021217
UniProt	Q63HK5	Q8BI40
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_020856	NM_172298.2
RefSeq (protein)	NP_065907	NP_758502.1
Location (UCSC)	Chr 19: 31.77 – 31.84 Mb	Chr 7: 37.48 – 37.56 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Teashirt homolog 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TSHZ3 gene. In mice, it is a necessary part of the neural circuitry that controls breathing. The gene is also a homolog of the Drosophila melanogaster teashirt gene, which encodes a zinc finger transcription factor important for development of the trunk.

Tshz3-knockout mice do not develop the respiratory rhythm generator (RRG) neural circuit, which is a pacemaker that produces an oscillating rhythm in the brainstem and controls autonomous breathing. The RRG neurons are present, but are abnormal. Those mice do not survive because they don't initiate breathing after birth. Tshz-3 is being studied for its relationship to infant breathing defects in humans.

Further reading

• Olsen JV, Blagoev B, Gnad F, et al. (2006). "Global, in vivo, and site-specific phosphorylation dynamics in signaling networks.". Cell 127 (3): 635–48. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.09.026. PMID 17081983. 
• Mehrle A, Rosenfelder H, Schupp I, et al. (2006). "The LIFEdb database in 2006.". Nucleic Acids Res. 34 (Database issue): D415–8. doi:10.1093/nar/gkj139. PMC 1347501. PMID 16381901. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1347501. 
• Wiemann S, Arlt D, Huber W, et al. (2004). "From ORFeome to biology: a functional genomics pipeline.". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2136–44. doi:10.1101/gr.2576704. PMC 528930. PMID 15489336. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=528930. 
• Brandenberger R, Wei H, Zhang S, et al. (2005). "Transcriptome characterization elucidates signaling networks that control human ES cell growth and differentiation.". Nat. Biotechnol. 22 (6): 707–16. doi:10.1038/nbt971. PMID 15146197. 
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=139241. 
• Wiemann S, Weil B, Wellenreuther R, et al. (2001). "Toward a catalog of human genes and proteins: sequencing and analysis of 500 novel complete protein coding human cDNAs.". Genome Res. 11 (3): 422–35. doi:10.1101/gr.GR1547R. PMC 311072. PMID 11230166. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=311072. 
• Hartley JL, Temple GF, Brasch MA (2001). "DNA cloning using in vitro site-specific recombination.". Genome Res. 10 (11): 1788–95. doi:10.1101/gr.143000. PMC 310948. PMID 11076863. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=310948. 
• Nagase T, Kikuno R, Ishikawa K, et al. (2000). "Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. XVII. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro.". DNA Res. 7 (2): 143–50. doi:10.1093/dnares/7.2.143. PMID 10819331.