Scientists at the NKI have made a remarkable discovery: a new protein duo that can turn genes on and off. They have named this duo Zincore. Together, these proteins help other proteins bind more firmly to the DNA, allowing them to perform their functions more effectively www.nki.nl/news-events/...

🚀 My first Cryo-EM structures are OUT on the PDB! 🎉Super excited about this milestone as PhD, it’s been a journey, and I’m grateful to finally have these as my first Cryo-EM structures! 🙌 🔁Thank you for sharing!❤️ Read @daaninthelab.bsky.social et. al.: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... ⬇️ 2nd video

📢 Ready for this? A new way to think about Gene Regulation! 🚨A new coregulator complex, Zincore, acts as a "MOLECULAR GRIP", stabilizing TFs at DNA binding sites across the genome!🧬 💪Proud to be part of this work led by @daaninthelab.bsky.social Read more: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv2861

In today’s publication in Science we introduce Zincore: a novel protein of QRICH1 and SEPHS1 and functions as a transcriptional coregulator dedicated to zinc finger transcription factors. Here’s how we found it: 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1/11

Zincore, an atypical coregulator, binds zinc finger transcription factors to control gene expression

Zinc finger proteins (ZNFs) are the largest family of transcription factors, yet how they activate gene expression remains unclear. In this study, we identified Zincore, a protein complex consisting o...

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