GO molecular function ontology term - GO:0044374 - sequence-specific DNA binding, bending
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0044374
- Name
- sequence-specific DNA binding, bending
- Ontology or CV name
- GO molecular function
- Definition
- The activity of binding selectively and non-covalently to DNA in a sequence-specific manner and distorting the original structure of DNA, typically a straight helix, into a bend, or increasing the bend if the original structure was intrinsically bent due to its sequence.
