Members of this family function as part of the Mediator (Med) complex, which links DNA-bound transcriptional regulators and the general transcription machinery, particularly the RNA polymerase II enzyme. They play a role in basal transcription by mediating activation or repression according to the specific complement of transcriptional regulators bound to the promoter.
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