enhancer sequence-specific DNA binding

id: GO:0001158
name: enhancer sequence-specific DNA binding
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a specific sequence of DNA that is part of an enhancer, a transcription regulatory region that is somewhat distal from the core promoter and which enhances transcription from that promoter.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0000980RNA polymerase II distal enhancer sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0001150bacterial-type RNA polymerase enhancer sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0001166RNA polymerase I enhancer sequence-specific DNA binding

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0000976transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0035326enhancer binding