NF-YB polyclonal antibody

The CCAAT-binding factor NF-Y is a heteromeric transcription factor that specifically binds to CCAAT sequences in many eukaryotic genes. NF-Y is made up of three subunits, NF-YA, NF-YB and NF-YC. All three components are necessary for DNA binding. In each NF-Y subunit, the segment needed
for formation of the NF-Y-DNA complex is conserved from yeast to human. These conserved segments are homologous to the histone-fold motif of eukaryotic histones. The DNA-binding domains of the NF-YB and NF-YC subunits have been suggested to interact through a protein-protein, histone-fold “handshake” motif in a manner analogous to the histone proteins H2B and H2A, respectively.