Definition for Enhanceosome
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The enhanceosome is a protein complex that binds to the "enhancer" region of a gene, found upstream or downstream, of the promoter, or within a gene. It accelerates the gene's transcription. The binding and assembly of the activating proteins, some of which may be transcription factors, is cooperative due to energetically favorable protein-protein interactions formed in the complex.