GO molecular function ontology term - GO:0140566 - histone reader activity
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0140566
- Name
- histone reader activity
- Ontology or CV name
- GO molecular function
- Definition
- A chromatin adaptor activity that brings together a protein and a specific form of histone, either modified by a post-translational modification, or the unmodified form. Histone readers have roles in many processes, including in centromere function or in modulating the accessibility of cis-regulatory regions to the transcription machinery.
