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An activity-specificity trade-off encoded in human transcription factors.
Nature cell biology - 1 Aug 2024
Naderi Julian, Magalhaes Alexandre P, Kibar Gözde, Stik Gregoire, Zhang Yaotian, Mackowiak Sebastian D, Wieler Hannah M, Rossi Francesca, Buschow Rene, Christou-Kent Marie, Alcoverro-Bertran Marc, Graf Thomas, Vingron Martin, Hnisz Denes
Abstract excerpt
Transcription factors (TFs) control specificity and activity of gene transcription, but whether a relationship between these two features exists is unclear. Here we provide evidence for an evolutionary trade-off between the activity and specificity in human TFs encoded as submaximal dispersion of aromatic residues in their intrinsically disordered protein regions. We identified approximately 500 human TFs that...
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