Zinc finger protein 658 (ZNF658)

Mediates transcriptional repression in response to zinc. Represses several genes, such as SLC30A5, SLC30A10 and CBWD1, by binding to the zinc transcriptional regulatory element (ZTRE) (5'- C[AC]C[TAG]CC[TC]-N(0-50)-[GA]G[ATC]G[TG]G-3') found in the promoter region.

May play a role in the control of ribosome biogenesis, regulating predominantly rRNA levels, in addition to those of several ribosomal proteins, thus coordinating this highly zinc- requiring procedure with all the available zinc supply. .