Beyond DNA Binding: single C2H2 zinc fingers with adjacent β-strands mediate dimerization in Drosophila transcription factors
Konstantin Balagurov, Sofia S. Mariasina, Sergey Dukhalin, Nikolai E. Sluchanko, Alexandra Golovnina, Anastasia M. Khrustaleva, Oksana G Maksimenko, Olga V. Arkova, Alexandra A. Stepanenko, Eduard Valeryevich Bocharov, Vladimir I. Polshakov, Pavel G Georgiev, Artem N. Bonchuk
The paper identifies and characterizes a unique C2H2 zinc finger domain in Drosophila that mediates dimerization through a conserved CGEx motif, revealing its structural and evolutionary significance.
Nucleic Acids Research · Dec 2, 2025Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology