生命必需元素锌,除了以锌酶的形式,参与生物体的各类代谢过程外,近年来发现,锌还以各种锌蛋白的结构方式,包括锌指、锌纽、锌带和锌簇等,参与生物体的基因转录、复制及蛋白质的合成等各种基因调节和控制过程.联想到金属硫蛋白在锌的体内平衡中所扮演的角色,很有可能锌是通过金属硫蛋白和锌指类蛋白的逐级调控,成为生物体生长发育的调控中心.癌基因和人免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)的许多调节蛋白也具有锌指类结构,这给癌症和爱滋病的治疗提供了新思路.
It is well known that zinc is an essential element for life. It takes part in a variety of important metabolisms in biological systems in the form of zinc containing metalloen-zymes. In the past decade, it found that zinc is also involved in the gene transcription,duplication and protein synthesis processes as a regulator and mediator. Till now,a number of zinc proteins have been charcterized such as zinc finger,zinc twist,zinc ribbon and zinc cluster. Among them the zinc-metallothionein, Zn7-MT is one of the well known zinc-cluster protein which is suggested palying a crucial role in the zinc homeostasis. It is very possible that zinc occupies the central part in controlling the growth and development of organisrns by means of successive regulation of MT and zinc finger proteins. In addition,it was found that some of regulation protein binding to oncogene and human immunedeficiency virus also contains zinc finger amino acid sequence,that will open a new field to fight against cancer and aids diseases.
黄仲贤,顾伟强,胡红雨.锌指类基因调控蛋白──生物无机化学和分子生物学发展的新领域[J].生物化学与生物物理进展,1995,22(3):208-213
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