Zinc fingers CW-type
zinc fingers cw-type
These genes encode proteins with a CW-type zinc finger motif, named for its conserved cysteine and tryptophan residues. It is predicted to be a highly specialised mononuclear four-cysteine (C4) zinc finger that plays a role in DNA binding and/or promoting protein-protein interactions in complicated eukaryotic processes including chromatin methylation status and early embryonic development. The domain is found exclusively in vertebrates, vertebrate-infecting parasites and higher plants.