EOG8X3KF5 GO:0008270 26/95 zinc ion binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with zinc (Zn) ions." [GOC:ai] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0008237 26/95 metallopeptidase activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the hydrolysis of peptide bonds by a mechanism in which water acts as a nucleophile, one or two metal ions hold the water molecule in place, and charged amino acid side chains are ligands for the metal ions." [GOC:mah, http://merops.sanger.ac.uk/about/glossary.htm#CATTYPE] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0003743 2/95 translation initiation factor activity molecular_function "Functions in the initiation of ribosome-mediated translation of mRNA into a polypeptide." [ISBN:0198506732] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0006366 1/95 transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter biological_process "The synthesis of RNA from a DNA template by RNA polymerase II, originating at an RNA polymerase II promoter. Includes transcription of messenger RNA (mRNA) and certain small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs)." [GOC:jl, GOC:txnOH, ISBN:0321000382] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0043565 1/95 sequence-specific DNA binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with DNA of a specific nucleotide composition, e.g. GC-rich DNA binding, or with a specific sequence motif or type of DNA e.g. promotor binding or rDNA binding." [GOC:jl] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0001129 1/95 RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity, TBP-class protein binding, involved in preinitiation complex assembly molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a member of the class of TATA-binding proteins (TBP), including any of the TBP-related factors (TRFs), to facilitate the aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of proteins on RNA polymerase II promoter DNA to form the transcriptional preinitiation complex (PIC), the formation of which is a prerequisite for transcription by RNA polymerase." [GOC:txnOH, PMID:16858867] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0005634 1/95 nucleus cellular_component "A membrane-bounded organelle of eukaryotic cells in which chromosomes are housed and replicated. In most cells, the nucleus contains all of the cell's chromosomes except the organellar chromosomes, and is the site of RNA synthesis and processing. In some species, or in specialized cell types, RNA metabolism or DNA replication may be absent." [GOC:go_curators] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0008134 1/95 transcription factor binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a transcription factor, any protein required to initiate or regulate transcription." [ISBN:0198506732] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0051123 1/95 RNA polymerase II transcriptional preinitiation complex assembly biological_process "The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of proteins on an RNA polymerase II promoter DNA to form the transcriptional preinitiation complex (PIC), the formation of which is a prerequisite for transcription by RNA polymerase." [GOC:txnOH, PMID:10882737, PMID:15020047] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0006367 1/95 transcription initiation from RNA polymerase II promoter biological_process "Any process involved in the assembly of the RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex (PIC) at an RNA polymerase II promoter region of a DNA template, resulting in the subsequent synthesis of RNA from that promoter. The initiation phase includes PIC assembly and the formation of the first few bonds in the RNA chain, including abortive initiation, which occurs when the first few nucleotides are repeatedly synthesized and then released. Promoter clearance, or release, is the transition between the initiation and elongation phases of transcription." [GOC:mah, GOC:txnOH] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0006352 1/95 DNA-templated transcription, initiation biological_process "Any process involved in the assembly of the RNA polymerase preinitiation complex (PIC) at the core promoter region of a DNA template, resulting in the subsequent synthesis of RNA from that promoter. The initiation phase includes PIC assembly and the formation of the first few bonds in the RNA chain, including abortive initiation, which occurs when the first few nucleotides are repeatedly synthesized and then released. The initiation phase ends just before and does not include promoter clearance, or release, which is the transition between the initiation and elongation phases of transcription." [GOC:jid, GOC:txnOH, PMID:18280161] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0008168 1/95 methyltransferase activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the transfer of a methyl group to an acceptor molecule." [ISBN:0198506732] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0046427 1/95 positive regulation of JAK-STAT cascade biological_process "Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the JAK-STAT signaling pathway activity." [GOC:bf] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0022008 1/95 neurogenesis biological_process "Generation of cells within the nervous system." [GO_REF:0000021, GOC:cls, GOC:curators, GOC:dgh, GOC:dph, GOC:jid, GOC:mtg_15jun06] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0003676 1/95 nucleic acid binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any nucleic acid." [GOC:jl] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0004177 1/95 aminopeptidase activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the hydrolysis of N-terminal amino acid residues from in a polypeptide chain." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0060261 1/95 positive regulation of transcription initiation from RNA polymerase II promoter biological_process "Any process that increases the rate, frequency or extent of a process involved in starting transcription from an RNA polymerase II promoter." [GOC:dph, GOC:tb, GOC:txnOH] EOG8X3KF5 GO:0005669 1/95 transcription factor TFIID complex cellular_component "A complex composed of TATA binding protein (TBP) and TBP associated factors (TAFs); the total mass is typically about 800 kDa. Most of the TAFs are conserved across species. In TATA-containing promoters for RNA polymerase II (Pol II), TFIID is believed to recognize at least two distinct elements, the TATA element and a downstream promoter element. TFIID is also involved in recognition of TATA-less Pol II promoters. Binding of TFIID to DNA is necessary but not sufficient for transcription initiation from most RNA polymerase II promoters." [GOC:krc, GOC:mah, ISBN:0471953393, ISBN:0879695501]