ZNF263 (Zinc finger protein 263), also known as FPM315 or ZKSCAN12 (Zinc finger protein with KRAB and SCAN domains 12), is a 683 amino acid nuclear protein that contains nine C2H2-type zinc fingers, one KRAB domain and one SCAN box domain. ZNF263 acts as a transcriptional repressor in the nucleus and is expressed in various tissues including heart, brain, placenta, lung, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney, pancreas, spleen, thymus, prostate, testis, ovary, small intestine, colon and leukocyte.