Zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ZEB1gene.[5][6][7]
ZEB1 (previously known as TCF8) encodes a zinc finger and homeodomaintranscription factor that represses T-lymphocyte-specific IL2 gene expression by binding to a negative regulatory domain 100 nucleotides 5-prime of the IL2 transcription start site.[7][6] ZEB1 and its mammalian paralog ZEB2 belongs to the Zeb family within the ZF (zinc finger) class of homeodomain transcription factors. ZEB1 protein has seven zinc fingers and one homeodomain.[8] The structure of the homeodomain is shown on the right.
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