The Leucine Zipper is a protein structural motif consisting of two alpha helices coiled around each other. The crystal structure shown here (PDB ID:2ZTA) is a small part of a much larger protein from yeast called GCN4.
The two together make a left handed superhelix. The amino acids between the two helices are , and the many obviously give the name for this protein motif. Sandbox bcce6. Click above on edit this page to modify. Be careful with the < and > signs.
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