NALT

Preferred term

zinc finger motif

Topic

Motifs in DNA- and RNA-binding proteins whose amino acids are folded into a single structural unit around a zinc atom. In the classic zinc finger, one zinc atom is bound to two cysteines and two histidines. In between the cysteines and histidines are 12 residues which form a DNA binding fingertip. By variations in the composition of the sequences in the fingertip and the number and spacing of tandem repeats of the motif, zinc fingers can form a large number of different sequence specific binding sites.

DNA-binding domains

RING finger domains

GATA transcription factors

zinc finger DNA-binding domain
zinc finger domains
zinc fingers

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

40508

Spanish

dedos de zinc
dedos de cinc
estructura dedo de cinc
estructura dedo de zinc
motivos dedo de cinc
motivos dedo de zinc

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/34248

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 8/26/19