Term Information

Accession
GO:0000995
Name
RNA polymerase III general transcription initiation factor activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
RNA polymerase III general initiation factor activity, RNA polymerase III transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding, core RNA polymerase III binding transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding RNA polymerase III transcription factor activity, transcription factor activity, core RNA polymerase III binding
Alternate IDs
GO:0001034
Definition
A general transcription initiation factor activity that contributes to transcription start site selection and transcription initiation of genes transcribed by RNA polymerase III. Factors required for RNA polymerase III transcription initiation include TFIIIA, TFIIIB and TFIIIC. RNA polymerase III transcribes genes encoding short RNAs, including tRNAs, 5S rRNA, U6 snRNA, the short ncRNA component of RNases P, the mitochondrial RNA processing (MRP) RNA, the signal recognition particle SRP RNA, and in higher eukaryotes a number of micro and other small RNAs, though there is some variability across species as to whether a given small noncoding RNA is transcribed by RNA polymerase II or RNA polymerase III. Source: PMID:20413673, Wikipedia:RNA_polymerase_III, GOC:txnOH-2018, PMID:12381659, PMID:27068803, PMID:17977614
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History
See term history for GO:0000995 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of RNA polymerase III general transcription initiation factor activity (GO:0000995)
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RNA polymerase III general transcription initiation factor activity [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  transcription by RNA polymerase III (GO:0006383)
RNA polymerase III general transcription initiation factor activity [is_a relation] is_a  general transcription initiation factor activity (GO:0140223)

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