| Modification Notes |
The RING-type zinc finger motif is present in a number of viral and eukaryotic proteins and is made of a conserved cysteine-rich domain that is able to bind two zinc atoms. Proteins that contain this conserved domain are generally involved in the ubiquitination pathway of protein degradation. RNF122 (ring finger protein 122) is a 155 amino acid single-pass membrane protein protein that contains one RING-type zinc finger and localizes to the Golgi apparatus and endoplasmic reticulum. WIdely expressed, RNF122 is believed to induce apoptosis and necrosis, and may influence cell viability. The gene encoding RNF122 maps to human chromosome 8, which consists of nearly 146 million base pairs, encodes over 800 genes and is associated with a variety of diseases and malignancies. Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Trisomy 8, Pfeiffer syndrome, congenital hypothyroidism, Waardenburg syndrome and some leukemias and lymphomas are thought to occur as a result of defects in specific genes that map to chromosome 8. |