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Facts about Transcription termination factor 1, mitochondrial.
Binds DNA along the significant grove and promotes DNA bending and partial unwinding. Promotes base flipping.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | MTERF1 |
Uniprot: | Q99551 |
Entrez: | 7978 |
Belongs to: |
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mTERF family |
Transcription termination factor 1, mitochondrial
Mass (kDA):
45.778 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 7q21.2 |
Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (91870929..91880733, complement) |
Mitochondrion.
PMID: 9118945 by Fernandez-Silva P., et al. The human mitochondrial transcription termination factor (mTERF) is a multizipper protein but binds to DNA as a monomer, with evidence pointing to intramolecular leucine zipper interactions.
PMID: 15087485 by Prieto-Martin A., et al. Phosphorylation of rat mitochondrial transcription termination factor (mTERF) is required for transcription termination but not for binding to DNA.