Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees

PANTHER-based phylogenetic inference assigns this protein to a clade of nuclear C2H2-type zinc finger transcription factors, supporting annotations for nucleus, DNA-binding transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding, and regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II.

"GO_REF entry used to trace phylogenetic annotation method; biological support was assessed from UniProt record and domain architecture."

Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location vocabulary mapping, accompanied by conservative changes to GO terms applied by UniProt

UniProt subcellular location mapping predicts nuclear localization based on ARBA rule ARBA00004123, consistent with C2H2 zinc finger protein family characteristics.

"GO_REF entry used to trace UniProt subcellular location annotation method."

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Deep research summary for LOC101732730 in Xenopus tropicalis

The report correctly identifies the target (LOC101732730 / A0A8J0SCI2, gastrula zinc finger protein XlCGF17.1-like) and states explicitly that direct experimental literature on this specific gene is absent, so all functional conclusions are inferred from the C2H2 zinc finger domain architecture, Krueppel-family membership, and general C2H2-ZF biology. Its high-confidence claims (sequence-specific DNA-binding transcription factor, nuclear localization, modular C2H2 DNA recognition) are the ones quoted as supporting_text in this review.
The report's developmental inferences (gastrulation, germ layer formation, pluripotency exit, BMP/Wnt/Nodal pathway context) are drawn by analogy to Xenopus Klf-family factors (Klf2/Klf6/Klf17 etc.). KLFs belong to a different PANTHER family than this protein (PTHR24381, classical zinc finger proteins), so these analogies are speculative context, not evidence; the report itself grades them moderate-to-low confidence.

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UniProt entry A0A8J0SCI2

Identifies the protein as a 265-residue member of the krueppel C2H2-type zinc-finger protein family (ARBA00006991) with eight tandem C2H2-type zinc finger domains spanning residues 37-260 (PROSITE PS50157) and a disordered N-terminal region (residues 1-27); no KRAB, SCAN, or BTB effector domain is annotated. ARBA rules predict "May be involved in transcriptional regulation" and nuclear subcellular location. TrEMBL entry, protein existence level 3 (inferred from homology).
The GN line gives the gene name LOC101732730 (RefSeq XP_012810399.1, Xenbase XB-GENE-29086363), the symbol used by GOA and adopted as gene_symbol in this review. PANTHER cross-references place the protein in family PTHR24381 (subfamily SF440 in this cached release; the current PANTHER release reassigns the accession, a release drift documented in the notes file).