The C2H2 zinc finger is a classical zinc finger domain. C2H2-type zinc fingers are ubiquitous; more than 1% of all mammalian proteins are predicted to contain at least one zinc finger. They often function as DNA or protein binding structural motifs, such as in eukaryotic transcription factors, and therefore they play important roles in cellular processes such as development, differentiation, and oncosuppression. C2H2 zinc finger proteins contain from 1 to more than 30 zinc finger repeats.
Structure:1BBO_A, Human Enhancer Binding Protein Mbp-1 zinc finger contacts to Zn ion.
Comment:The small C2H2 zinc finger domain is conformationally stabilized by coordinating a zinc ion on the two invariant cysteine and histidine residues.