Which of the Following Statements About Zinc Fingers Is FALSE

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about zinc fingers is FALSE?

• A)Zinc fingers contain Cys and His residues.
• B)Zinc is tetrahedrally coordinated as part of a small compact protein domain.
• C)More than one finger can be found in a protein;as many as 60 have been observed.
• D)Zinc fingers are the predominant DNA-binding motif of restriction enzymes.
• E)A zinc finger recognizes specific sequences of DNA via its N-terminal helices.

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Df

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