GO cellular component ontology term - GO:0005847 - mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor complex
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0005847
- Name
- mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor complex
- Ontology or CV name
- GO cellular component
- Definition
- A multisubunit complex that binds to the canonical AAUAAA hexamer and to U-rich upstream sequence elements on the pre-mRNA, thereby stimulating the otherwise weakly active and nonspecific polymerase to elongate efficiently RNAs containing a poly(A) signal.
