The C3HC4 type zinc-finger (RING finger) is a cysteine-rich domain of 40 to 60 residues that coordinates two zinc ions, and has the consensus sequence: C-X2-C-X(9-39)-C-X(1-3)-H-X(2-3)-C-X2-C-X(4-48)-C-X2-C where X is any amino acid [1]. Many protein ...
The C3HC4 type zinc-finger (RING finger) is a cysteine-rich domain of 40 to 60 residues that coordinates two zinc ions, and has the consensus sequence: C-X2-C-X(9-39)-C-X(1-3)-H-X(2-3)-C-X2-C-X(4-48)-C-X2-C where X is any amino acid [1]. Many proteins containing a RING finger play a key role in the ubiquitination pathway [2].
Recombination-activating protein 1 zinc-finger domain
This is a C2-H2 zinc-finger domain closely resembling the classical TFIIIA-type zinc-finger, CX3FX5LX2-3H, despite having a valine and a tyrosine at the core instead of a phenylalanine and a leucine, hence CX3VX1LX2YX2H. The structure, nevertheless, ...
This is a C2-H2 zinc-finger domain closely resembling the classical TFIIIA-type zinc-finger, CX3FX5LX2-3H, despite having a valine and a tyrosine at the core instead of a phenylalanine and a leucine, hence CX3VX1LX2YX2H. The structure, nevertheless, contains the characteristic two-stranded beta-sheet and alpha-helix of a classical zinc-finger. The domain binds one zinc and, in complex with the zinc-RING-finger domain, helps to stabilise the whole of the dimerisation region of recombination activating protein 1 (RAG1) [1]. The function of the whole is to bind double-stranded DNA.
