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GO:0016987: sigma factor activity (Molecular function)

"Sigma factors act as the promoter specificity subunit of eubacterial and plant plastid multisubunit RNA polymerases, whose core subunit composition is often described as alpha(2)-beta-beta-prime. Although sigma does not bind DNA on its own, when combined with the core to form the holoenzyme, the sigma factor binds specifically to promoter elements. The sigma subunit is released once elongation begins." [GOC:txnOH-2018]


There are 853 sequences with this label.

Enriched clusters
Name Species % in cluster p-value corrected p-value action
Cluster_106 Arabidopsis thaliana 1.01 % 0.021289 0.047125
Cluster_185 Arabidopsis thaliana 2.16 % 2e-06 1.1e-05
Cluster_153 Amborella trichopoda 1.82 % 0.0 5e-06
Cluster_114 Marchantia polymorpha 1.27 % 0.008119 0.041559
Sequences (853) (download table)

Info: GO-associations disabled for items with more than 300 associated sequences !
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