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 The TATA box or the TATAAT is a consensus sequence located at the -10 position from the transcription start site of a promoter region. This consensus sequence is important in transcription as TATA-box binding protein binds to the promoter sequence and recruits RNA Polymerase II to begin the synthesis of mRNA using the DNA template strand.[1]

References

  1. Hartl D and Ruvolo M. 2012. Genetics Analysis Of Genes And Genomes. 8th edition. Chapter 10, Pages 352-353.