leucine zipper

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003732",
  "term": "leucine zipper",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "DNA-binding motifs formed from two alpha-helixes which intertwine for about eight turns into a coiled coil and then bifurcate to form Y shaped structures. Leucines occurring in heptad repeats end up on the same sides of the helixes and are adjacent to each other in the stem of the Y (the \"zipper\" region). The DNA-binding residues are located in the bifurcated region of the Y.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "DNA-binding domains"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "leucina zipper"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/leucine-zipper/"
}