If you are studying DNA-binding proteins and you are given the amino acid sequences of all the proteins encoded by the genome of a certain species and are asked to find candidate proteins that could bind DNA, what type of amino acids would you expect to see in such proteins? Why?

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If you are studying DNA-binding proteins and you are given the amino acid sequences of all the proteins encoded by the genome of a certain species and are asked to find candidate proteins that could bind DNA, what type of amino acids would you expect to see in such proteins?  Why?

anonymous · Answer

Mostly basic amino acids like histidine. bcoz DNA has negative charge .