GO term: DNA binding Help



Ontology: Molecular Function (GO:0003677)

Definition: Any molecular function by which a gene product interacts selectively and non-covalently with DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).

Synonyms: microtubule/chromatin interaction; plasmid binding

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Annotation Summary


This table lists the methods used to annotate genes either directly to the term DNA binding (496 genes) or to its variants containing one or more qualifiers (8 genes). Note that some genes may have been annotated by more than one method so the numbers in the table below may not add up to the totals given here.

Annotation Method GO Term # Yeast Genes Annotated
Manually curated (download data) contributes_to: DNA binding 8
DNA binding 44
High-throughput (download data) DNA binding 10
Computational (download data) DNA binding 478

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Annotation details for genes that have been directly annotated to the term DNA binding or its variants containing one or more qualifiers (NOT, contributes to, or colocalizes with).

contributes_to: DNA binding
     8 genes directly annotated to this term
Locus Evidence Annotation Method Reference Assigned By
HIR1/YBL008W IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
Assigned on 2008-02-12
manually curated Prochasson P, et al.  (2005) The HIR corepressor complex binds to nucleosomes generating a distinct protein/DNA complex resistant to remodeling by SWI/SNF. Genes Dev 19(21):2534-9 SGD
HIR2/YOR038C IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
Assigned on 2008-02-12
manually curated Prochasson P, et al.  (2005) The HIR corepressor complex binds to nucleosomes generating a distinct protein/DNA complex resistant to remodeling by SWI/SNF. Genes Dev 19(21):2534-9 SGD
HIR3/YJR140C IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
Assigned on 2008-02-12
manually curated Prochasson P, et al.  (2005) The HIR corepressor complex binds to nucleosomes generating a distinct protein/DNA complex resistant to remodeling by SWI/SNF. Genes Dev 19(21):2534-9 SGD
HPC2/YBR215W IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
Assigned on 2008-02-12
manually curated Prochasson P, et al.  (2005) The HIR corepressor complex binds to nucleosomes generating a distinct protein/DNA complex resistant to remodeling by SWI/SNF. Genes Dev 19(21):2534-9 SGD
IOC2/YLR095C IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
Assigned on 2009-03-20
manually curated Vary JC Jr, et al.  (2003) Yeast Isw1p forms two separable complexes in vivo. Mol Cell Biol 23(1):80-91 SGD
IOC3/YFR013W IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
Assigned on 2009-03-20
manually curated Vary JC Jr, et al.  (2003) Yeast Isw1p forms two separable complexes in vivo. Mol Cell Biol 23(1):80-91 SGD
IOC4/YMR044W IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
Assigned on 2009-03-20
manually curated Vary JC Jr, et al.  (2003) Yeast Isw1p forms two separable complexes in vivo. Mol Cell Biol 23(1):80-91 SGD
ISW1/YBR245C IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
Assigned on 2009-03-20
manually curated Vary JC Jr, et al.  (2003) Yeast Isw1p forms two separable complexes in vivo. Mol Cell Biol 23(1):80-91 SGD

DNA binding
     496 genes directly annotated to this term
Locus Evidence Annotation Method Reference Assigned By
ABF1/YKL112W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR006774
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
ABF2/YMR072W IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
Assigned on 2002-09-17
manually curated Zelenaya-Troitskaya O, et al.  (1998) Functions of the high mobility group protein, Abf2p, in mitochondrial DNA segregation, recombination and copy number in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 148(4):1763-76 SGD
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
ACA1/YER045C IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
ACE2/YLR131C IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
ADA2/YDR448W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR009057
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
ADR1/YDR216W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
AI3/Q0060 IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR001982
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
AI4/Q0065 IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR001982
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
AI5_BETA/Q0075 IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR001982
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
APN1/YKL114C IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR001719, EBI:IPR018246
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
APN2/YBL019W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR020848
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
ARC1/YGL105W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
ARG80/YMR042W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR002100
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
ARG81/YML099C IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
ARO80/YDR421W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
ARR1/YPR199C IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
ASG1/YIL130W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR007219
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
ASH1/YKL185W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
AZF1/YOR113W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
BAS1/YKR099W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR009057
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
BDP1/YNL039W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR009057
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
BI3/Q0115 IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR001982
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
BI4/Q0120 IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR001982
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
BRF1/YGR246C IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
Assigned on 2009-08-31
manually curated Kassavetis GA, et al.  (1997) Domains of the Brf component of RNA polymerase III transcription factor IIIB (TFIIIB): functions in assembly of TFIIIB-DNA complexes and recruitment of RNA polymerase to the promoter. Mol Cell Biol 17(9):5299-306 SGD
CAD1/YDR423C IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
CAT8/YMR280C IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR007219
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
CBF1/YJR060W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
CBF2/YGR140W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
CBF5/YLR175W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB
CDC13/YDL220C IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:IPR011564
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms. InterPro
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with EBI:KW-0238
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational UniProt-GOA  (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. UniProtKB