RING finger, HC subclass, found in tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-associated factor 1 (TRAF1)-like and similar proteins
TRAF1, also known as Epstein-Barr virus-induced protein 6 (EBI6), is an adapter molecule that regulates the activation of NF-kappa-B and JNK. It plays a role in the regulation of cell survival and apoptosis. The heterotrimer formed by TRAF1 and TRAF2 is part of an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase complex that promotes ubiquitination of target proteins, such as MAP3K14. The TRAF1/TRAF2 complex recruits the antiapoptotic E3 protein-ubiquitin ligases BIRC2 and BIRC3 to TNFRSF1B/TNFR2. This subfamily corresponds a group of TRAF1-like proteins that contains an N-terminal domain with a typical C3HC4-type RING-HC finger.
Comment:C3HC4-type RING-HC finger consensus motif: C-X2-C-X(9-39)-C-X(1-3)-H-X(2-3)-C-X2-C-X(4-48)-C-X2-C, where X is any amino acid and the number of X residues varies in different fingers
Comment:A RING finger typically binds two zinc atoms, with its Cys and/or His side chains in a unique "cross-brace" arrangement.