DNA binding, bending
The activity of binding selectively and non-covalently to and distorting the original structure of DNA, typically a straight helix, into a bend, or increasing the bend if the original structure was intrinsically bent due to its sequence. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10710711 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19037758 ]
Term info
DNA binding, bending
- DNA bending activity
- DNA bending involving DNA binding
gosubset_prok
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go.owl
molecular_function
GO:0008301