... feature,namely that of the surprisingly high number of pro-teins made up of two subunits (Fig. 1). This finding iseven stranger when one realizes that most of these pro-teins are made up of two identical ... of the structural stability of the coiled-coil region of the bZIP transcription factorGCN4. Biochemistry 32, 5491–5496.30 Reece LJ, Nichols R, Ogden RC & Howell EE (1991)Construction of ... Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Rome, Italy2 INFM, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Rome, ItalyIntroductionThe world of globular...