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MTERF1 mitochondrial transcription termination factor 1

Gene ID: 7978, updated on 28-Oct-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: MTERF

Summary

This gene encodes a mitochondrial transcription termination factor. This protein participates in attenuating transcription from the mitochondrial genome; this attenuation allows higher levels of expression of 16S ribosomal RNA relative to the tRNA gene downstream. The product of this gene has three leucine zipper motifs bracketed by two basic domains that are all required for DNA binding. There is evidence that, for this protein, the zippers participate in intramolecular interactions that establish the three-dimensional structure required for DNA binding. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Genomic context

Location:
7q21.2
Sequence:
Chromosome: 7; NC_000007.14 (91870929..91880702, complement)
Total number of exons:
4

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