FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term mediator complex ID (Ontology) GO:0016592 (Gene Ontology)
Definition A protein complex that interacts with the carboxy-terminal domain of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II and plays an active role in transducing the signal from a transcription factor to the transcriptional machinery. The mediator complex is required for activation of transcription of most protein-coding genes, but can also act as a transcriptional corepressor. The Saccharomyces complex contains several identifiable subcomplexes: a head domain comprising Srb2, -4, and -5, Med6, -8, and -11, and Rox3 proteins; a middle domain comprising Med1, -4, and -7, Nut1 and -2, Cse2, Rgr1, Soh1, and Srb7 proteins; a tail consisting of Gal11p, Med2p, Pgd1p, and Sin4p; and a regulatory subcomplex comprising Ssn2, -3, and -8, and Srb8 proteins. Metazoan mediator complexes have similar modular structures and include homologs of yeast Srb and Med proteins.[ PubMed:11454195 PubMed:16168358 PubMed:17870225 ]
Also Known As "L mediator complex" ; "Srb-mediator complex"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       4
Genes (FBgn)  GO_CELLULAR_COMPONENT      34
Genes (FBgn)  GO_MOLECULAR_FUNCTION       6
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     part_of | mediator complex       --      34
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  • "CDK8-containing TRAP/mediator complex" RELATED
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Wikipedia:Mediator_(coactivator)