# mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor complex

> multisubunit complex that binds to the canonical AAUAAA hexamer and to U-rich upstream sequence elements on the pre-mRNA, thereby stimulating the otherwise weakly active and nonspecific polymerase to elongate efficiently RNAs containing a poly(A) s

**Wikidata**: [Q21100335](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21100335)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleavage_and_polyadenylation_specificity_factor)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/mrna-cleavage-and-polyadenylation-specificity-factor-complex


## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)