1 · Zinc is the nail that holds a shape
Zinc usually does not join the reaction itself; its job is to hold proteins in a working shape, and without zinc the shape collapses.What to remember about oysters is zinc. What it does in the body matters more than how much is in the meat.Zinc usually does not join the reaction itself. It stands there and holds the protein in a shape that can work. Many gene-switch proteins clamp a zinc ion to fold into a form that can bite DNA. Without zinc the shape collapses.