MTERF

Mitochondrial transcription termination factor, also known as MTERF, is a is_associated_with::protein which in humans is encoded by the MTERF is_associated_with::gene.

This gene encodes a mitochondrial transcription is_associated_with::termination factor. This protein participates in attenuating transcription from the mitochondrial genome; this attenuation allows higher levels of expression of is_associated_with::16S ribosomal RNA relative to the tRNA gene downstream. The product of this gene has three is_associated_with::leucine zipper motifs bracketed by two basic domains that are all required for DNA binding. There is evidence that, for this protein, the zippers participate in intramolecular interactions that establish the three-dimensional structure required for DNA binding.