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Leucine zipper Dimerization domain of transcription factor Put3 Put3p activates the transcription of PUT1 and PUT2 genes in the presence of proline, allowing yeast cells to use proline as a nitrogen source. These genes encode for proteins that convert proline to glutamate, which is a metabolically more useful form of nitrogen. Put3p is a member of the Gal4p family of transcriptional activators which contain an N-terminal DNA-binding domain with a Zn2Cys6 binuclear cluster that interact with CCG triplets and a leucine zipper-like heptad repeat that dimerizes. Dimerization allows binding of targets which contain two CCG motifs oriented in an inverted (CGG-CCG), direct (CCG-CCG), or everted (CCG-CGG) manner.
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