TATA-binding protein
| TBP | |||||||||
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| crystal structure of a yeast brf1-tbp-dna ternary complex | |||||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||||
| Symbol | TBP | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF00352 | ||||||||
| Pfam clan | CL0407 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR000814 | ||||||||
| PROSITE | PDOC00303 | ||||||||
| SCOP2 | 1tbp / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
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The TATA-binding protein (TBP) is a general transcription factor that binds to a DNA sequence called the TATA box. This DNA sequence is found about 30 base pairs upstream of the transcription start site in some eukaryotic gene promoters.