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Leucine zipper Dimerization domain of transcription factor Gal4 and similar fungal proteins Gal4p is one of several GAL proteins required for the growth of yeast on galactose; GAL proteins are responsible for the transport of galactose into the cell and for its metabolism through the glycolytic pathway. Gal4p functions in the induction of GAL genes in the presence of galactose through an upstream activating sequence (UAS) present in their promoters. The Gal4p family of transcriptional activators 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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