RNA-binding transcription regulator activity

Term ID

GO:0001070

Synonyms

• RNA binding transcription factor activity
• RNA binding transcription regulator activity
• transcription factor activity

Definition

A transcription regulator activity that modulates the transcription of specific gene sets via selective and non-covalent binding to a specific RNA sequence. This function is known to occur in phages and viruses, for example the lambda N and the HIV tat proteins are necessary to allow RNA polymerase to read through terminator sequences. 1756726

References

Ontology

GO: Molecular Function    QuickGO    AmiGO