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Its C2H2 zinc fingers ZF1 and ZF2 bind CA-repeat DNA through a defined quadruple recognition center formed by Arg389, Met411, His413, and His414, as resolved by crystallography of the ZF1-3/B-DNA complex with mutational validation [PMID:39344089]. By converting mutagenic Z-form DNA at these PPRs back to B-form, ZBTB43 prevents the accumulation of DNA double-strand breaks and creates a B-DNA substrate for the de novo methyltransferase DNMT3A, thereby enabling de novo CpG methylation at these sites [PMID:35787683, PMID:36454621]. Independently, its BTB domain physically interacts with BDP1, a subunit of the RNA polymerase III transcription factor TFIIIB, indicating a possible role in Pol III transcription [PMID:16542149]. 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