ZBTB5 Antibody

The ZBTB family of proteins is comprised of diverse zinc finger proteins that also contain a BTB (BR-C, ttk and bab) domain. ZBTB5 was identified though sequence analysis as a POZ domain Kruppel-like zinc finger (POK) protein. Further experiments indicated that it binds DNA and can directly repress transcription of the cell cycle arrest gene p21. ZBTB5 can also interact with co-repressor histone deacetylase complexes such as BCoR, NCoR, and SMRT via its POZ domain, resulting in deacetylation of histones Ac-H3 and Ac-H4 at the proximal promoter. ZBTB5 stimulates both cell proliferation and cell cycle progression, suggesting that it may act as a potential proto-oncogene.