PHF8 Proteins and Enzymes

PHF8 (PHD finger protein 8) is a member of the jumonji family of proteins and contains a jumonji C (JmjC) domain. The JmjC proteins are predicted to be metalloenzymes that play a role a chromatin remodeling and histone demethylation. PHF8 also bears a PHD (plant homeodomain)- type zinc-finger, a domain also found to be involved in chromatin remodeling and transcriptional regulation. Truncating mutations in PHF8 are associated with X-linked mental retardation and cleft lip/cleft palate. PHF8 is also known as ZNF422 and KIAA1111.