Electronic Resource
Palo Alto, Calif.
:
Annual Reviews
Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure
26 (1997), S. 357-371
ISSN:
1056-8700
Source:
Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection 1932-2001ff
Topics:
Biology
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract Zinc-finger domains are small metal-binding modules that are found in a wide range of gene regulatory proteins. Peptides corresponding to these domains have provided valuable model systems for examining a number of biophysical parameters entirely unrelated to their nucleic acid binding properties. These include the chemical basis for metal-ion affinity and selectivity, thermodynamic properties related to hydrophobic packing and beta-sheet propensities, and constraints on the generation of ligand-binding and potential catalytic sites. These studies have laid the foundation for applications such as the generation of optically detected zinc probes and the design of metal-binding peptides and proteins with desired spectroscopic and chemical properties.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.biophys.26.1.357
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