"Zinc Fingers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D016335
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.570.820.709.275.500.985
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| Concept/Terms |
Zinc Fingers- Zinc Fingers
- Finger, Zinc
- Fingers, Zinc
- Zinc Finger
- Zinc Finger Motifs
- Motif, Zinc Finger
- Motifs, Zinc Finger
- Zinc Finger Motif
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Zinc Fingers" by people in Profiles.
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Kuttiyatveetil JRA, Soufari H, Dasovich M, Uribe IR, Mirhasan M, Cheng SJ, Leung AKL, Pascal JM. Crystal structures and functional analysis of the ZnF5-WWE1-WWE2 region of PARP13/ZAP define a distinctive mode of engaging poly(ADP-ribose). Cell Rep. 2022 10 25; 41(4):111529.
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Ai Y, Wang J, Johnson RE, Haracska L, Prakash L, Zhuang Z. A novel ubiquitin binding mode in the S. cerevisiae translesion synthesis DNA polymerase ?. Mol Biosyst. 2011 Jun; 7(6):1874-82.
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Langelier MF, Planck JL, Roy S, Pascal JM. Crystal structures of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) zinc fingers bound to DNA: structural and functional insights into DNA-dependent PARP-1 activity. J Biol Chem. 2011 Mar 25; 286(12):10690-701.
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Langelier MF, Ruhl DD, Planck JL, Kraus WL, Pascal JM. The Zn3 domain of human poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) functions in both DNA-dependent poly(ADP-ribose) synthesis activity and chromatin compaction. J Biol Chem. 2010 Jun 11; 285(24):18877-87.
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Rink L, Skorobogatko Y, Kossenkov AV, Belinsky MG, Pajak T, Heinrich MC, Blanke CD, von Mehren M, Ochs MF, Eisenberg B, Godwin AK. Gene expression signatures and response to imatinib mesylate in gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Mol Cancer Ther. 2009 Aug; 8(8):2172-82.
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Kandavelou K, Ramalingam S, London V, Mani M, Wu J, Alexeev V, Civin CI, Chandrasegaran S. Targeted manipulation of mammalian genomes using designed zinc finger nucleases. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Oct 9; 388(1):56-61.
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Londin ER, Mentzer L, Sirotkin HI. Churchill regulates cell movement and mesoderm specification by repressing Nodal signaling. BMC Dev Biol. 2007 Nov 02; 7:120.
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Stoll R, Lee BM, Debler EW, Laity JH, Wilson IA, Dyson HJ, Wright PE. Structure of the Wilms tumor suppressor protein zinc finger domain bound to DNA. J Mol Biol. 2007 Oct 05; 372(5):1227-45.
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Londin ER, Mentzer L, Gates KP, Sirotkin HI. Expression and regulation of the zinc finger transcription factor Churchill during zebrafish development. Gene Expr Patterns. 2007 Jun; 7(6):645-50.
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Edelstein LC, Collins T. The SCAN domain family of zinc finger transcription factors. Gene. 2005 Oct 10; 359:1-17.