| zinc finger |
Configuration of a DNA-binding protein that resembles a finger with a base, usually cysteines and histidines, binding a zinc ion. Discovered in a transcription factor in Xenopus but present in a large number of different proteins.
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| zinc finger |
(protein): a protein motif involved in the recognition of DNA; the structure contains a complex zinc ion and consists of an antiparallel protein-chain hairpin and loop followed by a helix gene
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| zinc finger |
A structural motif of DNA-binding proteins in which finger-like loops of amino acids are stabilized with zinc atoms.
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| zinc finger p. |
any of a class of nucleic acidbinding proteins that also contain one or more zinc-binding domains (tandemly repeated, highly conserved stretches of 28 nucleotides). The class is named for the fingerlike secondary and tertiary structures formed in the zinc-binding regions of the molecules; individual proteins appear to be involved in transcriptional regulation and in RNA transport.
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