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... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Molecular Conformation > Protein Conformation > Protein Structural Elements > Amino Acid Motifs > Zinc Fingers > CYS2-HIS2 Zinc Fingers
... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Molecular Conformation > Protein Conformation > Protein Structure, Secondary > Amino Acid Motifs > Zinc Fingers > CYS2-HIS2 Zinc Fingers

Preferred term

CYS2-HIS2 Zinc Fingers  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • C2H2 Zinc Finger
  • C2H2 Zinc Fingers
  • CYS2HIS2 Zinc Finger
  • CYS2 HIS2 Zinc Finger Motifs
  • CYS2-HIS2 Zinc Finger Motifs
  • CYS2HIS2 Zinc Fingers
  • Finger, C2H2 Zinc
  • Finger, CYS2HIS2 Zinc
  • Fingers, C2H2 Zinc
  • Fingers, CYS2HIS2 Zinc
  • Zinc Finger, C2H2
  • Zinc Finger, CYS2HIS2
  • Zinc Fingers, C2H2
  • Zinc Fingers, CYS2HIS2

Scope note

  • A zinc finger motif of approximately 30 amino acids with the general sequence X2-Cys-X2,4-Cys-X12-His-X3,4,5-His that forms a simple beta sheet-beta sheet-alpha helix fold stabilized by zinc ions. It recognizes and binds to a variety of eukaryotic DNA sequences and is very common among sequence-specific DNA BINDING PROTEINS and TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS.

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  • 2017

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