UniProt functional annotation for Q5SKW1

UniProt code: Q5SKW1.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC 27634 / DSM 579 / HB8).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Sigma factors are initiation factors that promote the attachment of RNA polymerase to specific initiation sites and are then released. This sigma factor is the primary sigma factor during exponential growth. {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00963}.
 
Subunit: Interacts transiently with the RNA polymerase catalytic core. {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00963}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00963}.
Similarity: Belongs to the sigma-70 factor family. RpoD/SigA subfamily. {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00963}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.