Zinc Fingers are an important family of protein structures involved in regulating access to DNA in the nucleus of our cells. To learn more about zinc fingers, visit the RCSB Protein Databank's Molecule of the Month.

The zinc finger protein structure shown in the interactive window to the right is amino acids 416-515 of the Protein Databank file 6ml7.pdb. When modeled with a 2 meter long Modeling Tie, the scale will be 2cm per amino acid.

Click and drag to rotate the protein structure. Hover your mouse over any atom to display what element it is and what amino acid it is part of.